FMT                                                           FMT




          NAME
               fmt - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text

          SYNOPSIS
               fmt [-width] [files]...

          DESCRIPTION
               fmt  is a  simple  text formatter.   It  inserts or  deletes
               newlines, as necessary, to  make all lines in a paragraph be
               approximately the same  width.  It preserves indentation and
               word spacing.

               The default  line width is 72  characters.  You can override
               this with  the -width flag.  If you don't  name any files on
               the command line, then fmt will read from stdin.

               It  is typically  used  from within  vi to  adjust the  line
               breaks in  a single paragraph.  To do  this, move the cursor
               to the top of the paragraph, type "!}fmt", and hit <Return>.

          AUTHOR
               Steve Kirkendall
               kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu
































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