FMT(1) User Commands FMT(1) 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. 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) --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. AUTHOR Written by Ross Paterson. REPORTING BUGS Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: Report fmt translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and fmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'fmt invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 FMT(1)