NAME

       fmt - Reformat paragraphs from input files (or stdin) to stdout.

SYNOPSIS

       fmt  [-c|--crown-margin] [-t|--tagged-paragraph] [-m|--preserve-headers] [-s|--split-only]
       [-u|--uniform-spacing]      [-p|--prefix]      [-P|--skip-prefix]      [-x|--exact-prefix]
       [-X|--exact-skip-prefix]    [-w|--width]    [-g|--goal]    [-q|--quick]   [-T|--tab-width]
       [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       Reformat paragraphs from input files (or stdin) to stdout.

OPTIONS

       -c, --crown-margin
              First and second line of paragraph may have different indentations, in  which  case
              the  first  line's indentation is preserved, and each subsequent line's indentation
              matches the second line.

       -t, --tagged-paragraph
              Like -c, except that the first and second line of a paragraph *must* have different
              indentation or they are treated as separate paragraphs.

       -m, --preserve-headers
              Attempt to detect and preserve mail headers in the input. Be careful when combining
              this flag with -p.

       -s, --split-only
              Split lines only, do not reflow.

       -u, --uniform-spacing
              Insert exactly one space between words, and two between sentences. Sentence  breaks
              in  the  input  are  detected  as  [?!.] followed by two spaces or a newline; other
              punctuation is not interpreted as a sentence break.

       -p, --prefix=PREFIX
              Reformat only lines beginning with PREFIX, reattaching PREFIX to reformatted lines.
              Unless -x is specified, leading whitespace will be ignored when matching PREFIX.

       -P, --skip-prefix=PSKIP
              Do  not  reformat  lines  beginning  with  PSKIP.  Unless  -X is specified, leading
              whitespace will be ignored when matching PSKIP

       -x, --exact-prefix
              PREFIX must match at the beginning of the line with no preceding whitespace.

       -X, --exact-skip-prefix
              PSKIP must match at the beginning of the line with no preceding whitespace.

       -w, --width=WIDTH
              Fill output lines up to a maximum of WIDTH columns, default 79.

       -g, --goal=GOAL
              Goal width, default ~0.94*WIDTH. Must be less than WIDTH.

       -q, --quick
              Break lines more quickly at the expense of a potentially more ragged appearance.

       -T, --tab-width=TABWIDTH
              Treat tabs as TABWIDTH spaces for determining line length,  default  8.  Note  that
              this is used only for calculating line lengths; tabs are preserved in the output.

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

       [files]

VERSION

       v0.0.20

                                            fmt 0.0.20                                     fmt(1)