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.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $Id: fmt.1,v 1.3 1997/10/30 03:49:47 gdr Exp $
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.TH FMT 1 "19 October 1997" "GNO" "Commands and Applications"
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.SH NAME
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fmt \- simple text formatter
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR fmt
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[
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.I goal
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[
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.I maximum
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]] [
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.I "name ..."
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR Fmt
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is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
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files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard
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output a version of its input with lines as close to the
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.I goal
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length
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as possible without exceeding the
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.IR maximum .
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The
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.I goal
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length defaults to 65 and the
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.I maximum
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to 75. The spacing at the beginning of the
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input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines and
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interword spacing.
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.LP
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.BR Fmt
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is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful
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for other simple tasks.
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For instance,
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within visual mode of the
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.BR ex (1)
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editor (e.g.
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.BR vi (1))
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the command
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.nf
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\&!}fmt
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.fi
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will reformat a paragraph,
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evening the lines.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR nroff (1),
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.BR mail (1)
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.SH HISTORY
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The
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.BR fmt
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command appeared in 4.3BSD.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kurt Shoens
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.br
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Liz Allen (Added goal length concept.)
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.br
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Devin Reade (Updated for GNO.)
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.SH BUGS
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The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex
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operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.
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