Command: fmt - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text Syntax: fmt [-width] [files] ... Flags: -N Specify the line width Example: !}fmt # Formats one paragraph when typed in vi Fmt formats paragraphs in a text file to make the lines be approximately the same width. It preserves indentation and word spacing. It is typically used from within vi as in the example. The default line length is 72 characters, fmt -66 for instance would format text to a 66 character line length.