Man1 - fmt.1

fmt - simple optimal text formatter

fmt [/-WIDTH/] [/OPTION/]… [/FILE/]…

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

Written by Ross Paterson.

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt
or available locally via: info ’(coreutils) fmt invocation’