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.TH FMT "1" "October 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.20" "User Commands"
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fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
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[\fI-WIDTH\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
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.\" Add any additional description here
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Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
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The option \fB\-WIDTH\fR is an abbreviated form of \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIDIGITS\fR.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
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preserve indentation of first two lines
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fISTRING\fR
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reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
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reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
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split long lines, but do not refill
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
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indentation of first line different from second
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
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one space between words, two after sentences
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
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maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-goal\fR=\fIWIDTH\fR
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goal width (default of 93% of width)
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display this help and exit
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output version information and exit
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With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
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Written by Ross Paterson.
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Report fmt bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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The full documentation for
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info coreutils \(aqfmt invocation\(aq
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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