NAME

       fmt - manual page for fmt 9.1

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.

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

       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

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       fmt invocation'

AUTHOR

       Written by Ross Paterson.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or
       later <https://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.