fmt(1) - osol9

1fmt(1)                           User Commands                          fmt(1)
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NAME

6       fmt - simple text formatters
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SYNOPSIS

9       fmt [-cs] [-w width | -width] [inputfile]...
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DESCRIPTION

13       fmt  is  a simple text formatter that fills and joins lines  to produce
14       output lines of (up to) the number of characters specified  in  the  -w
15       width option. The default  width is 72. fmt concatenates the inputfiles
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20       Blank  lines  are  preserved  in  the output, as is the spacing between
21       words. fmt does not fill nor split lines beginning with  a  `.'  (dot),
22       for  compatibility  with  nroff(1).  Nor does it fill or split a set of
23       contiguous non-blank lines which is determined to be a mail header, the
24       first line of which must begin with "From".
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27       Indentation  is preserved in the output, and input lines with differing
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31       fmt can also be used as an in-line text filter for vi(1). The  vi  com‐
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OPTIONS

42       -c                   Crown margin mode. Preserve the indentation of the
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49       -s                   Split lines only. Do not join short lines to  form
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51                            and other such formatted text, from  being  unduly
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55       -w width | -width    Fill output lines to up to  width columns.
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OPERANDS

59       inputfile    Input file.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

63       See  environ(5)  for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable
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ATTRIBUTES

67       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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72       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
73       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
74       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
75       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
76       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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NOTES

82       The -width option is acceptable for BSD compatibility, but  it  may  go
83       away in future releases.
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87SunOS 5.11                        9 May 1997                            fmt(1)