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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
fmt - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>fmt</STRONG> [-<EM>width</EM>] [<EM>files</EM>]...
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<EM>fmt</EM> 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
-<EM>width</EM> flag. If you don't name any files on the command line, then <EM>fmt</EM>
will read from stdin.
It is typically used from within <EM>vi</EM> 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 &lt;Return&gt;.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
Steve Kirkendall
kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu
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