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NAME

6       fmt - simple optimal text formatter
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SYNOPSIS

9       fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Reformat  each  paragraph  in  the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
13       The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of --width=DIGITS.
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15       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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18       -c, --crown-margin
19              preserve indentation of first two lines
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21       -p, --prefix=STRING
22              reformat  only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the pre‐
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25       -s, --split-only
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28       -t, --tagged-paragraph
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31       -u, --uniform-spacing
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34       -w, --width=WIDTH
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37       -g, --goal=WIDTH
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40       --help display this help and exit
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42       --version
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45       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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47       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
48       Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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AUTHOR

51       Written by Ross Paterson.
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54       Copyright  ©  2013  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
55       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
56       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
57       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

60       The  full  documentation for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
61       the info and fmt programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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64              info coreutils 'fmt invocation'
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70GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                           FMT(1)
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