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.TH FMT 1 "" "" "User commands" .SH NAME fmt \- adjust line-length for paragraphs of text .SH SYNOPSIS .ad l .B fmt .RB [ \-s ] .RB [ \-w .I width | .BR \-\fIwidth ] .RI [ file ]... .ad b .SH DESCRIPTION .B 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. .PP If you don't name any files on the command line, then \fBfmt\fR will read from stdin. .PP It is typically used from within .BR vi (1) 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 OPTIONS .IP "\fB\-w\fP \fIwidth\fP or \fB\-\fP\fIwidth\fP" Use a line width of \fIwidth\fP characters instead of the default of 72 characters. .IP \fB\-s\fP Don't join lines shorter than the line width to fill paragraphs. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR vi (1) .SH AUTHOR .nf Steve Kirkendall kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu .fi
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