Category

Linux Command


Usage

fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...


Manual

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

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 pre-
fix 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)

--help display this help and exit

--version
output version information and exit

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


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