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)

-g, --goal=WIDTH
    goal width (default of 93% of width)

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

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

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

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.

AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.

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.