fmt (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
fmt – simple optimal text formatter
SYNOPSIS
fmt [,-WIDTH/] [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]…
DESCRIPTION
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of –width=,DIGITS/.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-c,–crown-margin- preserve indentation of first two lines
-p,–prefix=,STRING/- reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
-s,–split-only- split long lines, but do not refill
-t,–tagged-paragraph- indentation of first line different from second
-u,–uniform-spacing- one space between words, two after sentences
-w,–width=,WIDTH/- maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
-g,–goal=,WIDTH/- goal width (default of 93% of width)
–help- display this help and exit
–version- output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) fmt invocation’