Section 1 · User commands

fmt.1

Package: coreutils-common

FMT

NAME
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NAME

fmt − simple optimal text formatter

SYNOPSIS

fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]… [FILE]…

DESCRIPTION

Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. The option −WIDTH is an abbreviated form of −−width=DIGITS.

With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. **
−c**, −−crown−margin

preserve indentation of first two lines

−p, −−prefix=STRING

reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines

−s, −−split−only

split long lines, but do not refill

−t, −−tagged−paragraph

indentation of first line different from second

−u, −−uniform−spacing

one space between words, two after sentences

−w, −−width=WIDTH

maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

−g, −−goal=WIDTH

goal width (default of 93% of width)


	−−help		display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Ross Paterson.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.