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                     34: .\"     @(#)fmt.1      8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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                     36: .Dd June 6, 1993
                     37: .Dt FMT 1
                     38: .Os
                     39: .Sh NAME
                     40: .Nm fmt
                     41: .Nd simple text formatter
                     42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     43: .Nm fmt
                     44: .Oo
                     45: .Ar goal
                     46: .Op Ar maximum
                     47: .Oc
                     48: .Op name ...
                     49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     50: .Nm Fmt
                     51: is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
                     52: files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard
                     53: output a version of its input with lines as close to the
                     54: .Ar goal
                     55: length
                     56: as possible without exceeding the maximum.  The
                     57: .Ar goal
                     58: length defaults
                     59: to 65 and the maximum to 75.  The spacing at the beginning of the
                     60: input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines and
                     61: interword spacing.
                     62: .Pp
                     63: .Nm Fmt
                     64: is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful
                     65: for other simple tasks.
                     66: For instance,
                     67: within visual mode of the
                     68: .Xr ex 1
                     69: editor (e.g.
                     70: .Xr vi 1 )
                     71: the command
                     72: .Pp
                     73: .Dl \&!}fmt
                     74: .Pp
                     75: will reformat a paragraph,
                     76: evening the lines.
                     77: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     78: .Xr nroff 1 ,
                     79: .Xr mail 1
                     80: .Sh HISTORY
                     81: The
                     82: .Nm fmt
                     83: command appeared in
                     84: .Bx 3 .
                     85: .\" .Sh AUTHOR
                     86: .\" Kurt Shoens
                     87: .\" .br
                     88: .\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept)
                     89: .Sh BUGS
                     90: The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex
                     91: operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.