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.TH FMT "1" "March 2024" "GNU coreutils 9.4" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fmt
[\fI\,-WIDTH\/\fR] [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
The option \fB\-WIDTH\fR is an abbreviated form of \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,DIGITS\/\fR.
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
preserve indentation of first two lines
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
split long lines, but do not refill
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
indentation of first line different from second
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
one space between words, two after sentences
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,WIDTH\/\fR
maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-goal\fR=\fI\,WIDTH\/\fR
goal width (default of 93% of width)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) fmt invocation\(aq