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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- src/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1	2000/03/07 21:11:08	1.9
+++ src/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1	2000/06/25 15:35:42	1.10
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: fmt.1,v 1.9 2000/03/07 21:11:08 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: fmt.1,v 1.10 2000/06/25 15:35:42 pjanzen Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@
 .Oo
 .Ar goal
 .Op Ar maximum
+|
+.Fl Ns Ar width |
+.Fl w Ar width
 .Oc
-.Op Ar name ...
+.Op Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
@@ -67,8 +70,20 @@
 to 65 and the
 .Ar maximum
 to 10 more than the goal length.
+Alternatively, a single
+.Ar width
+parameter can be specified either by prepending a hyphen to it or by using
+.Fl w .
+For example,
+.Dl fmt -w 72 ,
+.Dl fmt -72 ,
+and
+.Dl fmt 72 72
+all produce identical output.
 The spacing at the beginning of the input lines is preserved in the output,
 as are blank lines and interword spacing.
+Lines are joined or split only at white space; that is, words are never
+joined or hyphenated.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width indent