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NAME
       fmt - simple optimal text formatter

SYNOPSIS
       fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Reformat  each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.  The option -WIDTH is
       an abbreviated form of --width=DIGITS.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -c, --crown-margin
              preserve indentation of first two lines

       -p, --prefix=STRING
              reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the  prefix  to  reformatted
              lines

       -s, --split-only
              split long lines, but do not refill

       -t, --tagged-paragraph
              indentation of first line different from second

       -u, --uniform-spacing
              one space between words, two after sentences

       -w, --width=WIDTH
              maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

       -g, --goal=WIDTH
              goal width (default of 93% of width)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report fmt translation
       bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Ross Paterson.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright } 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If  the  info  and  fmt
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'fmt invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                         October 2018                                    FMT(1)