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fmt
— simple text
formatter
fmt |
[-Cr ] [goal
[maximum]] [name ...] |
fmt |
[-Cr ] [-g
goal] [-m
maximum] [-w
maximum] [name ...] |
fmt
is a simple text formatter which reads
the concatenation of input files (or standard input if none are given) and
produces on standard output a version of its input with lines as close to
the goal length as possible without exceeding the
maximum. The goal length
defaults to 65 and the maximum to 75. The spacing at
the beginning of the input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank
lines and interword spacing. In non raw mode, lines that look like mail
headers or begin with a period are not formatted.
-C
fmt
to center the text.-g
goal-m
maximum-w
maximum-r
fmt
is meant to format mail messages prior
to sending, but may also be useful for other simple tasks. For instance,
within visual mode of the ex(1)
editor (e.g., vi(1)) the
command
!}fmt
will reformat a paragraph, evening the lines.
The fmt
command appeared in
3BSD.
The program was designed to be simple and fast - for more complex operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.
June 31, 2012 | NetBSD 10.99 |