.TH FMT 1

.SH NAME

fmt - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBfmt\fP [\-\fIwidth\fP] [\fIfiles\fP]...

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fIfmt\fR 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.

.PP

The default line width is 72 characters.

You can override this with the \-\fIwidth\fR flag.

If you don't name any files on the command line,

then \fIfmt\fR will read from stdin.

.PP

It is typically used from within \fIvi\fR 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>.

.SH AUTHOR

.nf

Steve Kirkendall

kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu

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