1.\" $NetBSD: fmt.1,v 1.13 2012/06/30 21:31:15 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 31.\" 32.Dd June 31, 2012 33.Dt FMT 1 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm fmt 37.Nd simple text formatter 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl Cr 41.Oo 42.Ar goal 43.Op Ar maximum 44.Oc 45.Op name ... 46.Nm 47.Op Fl Cr 48.Op Fl g Ar goal 49.Op Fl m Ar maximum 50.Op Fl w Ar maximum 51.Op name ... 52.Sh DESCRIPTION 53.Nm 54is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input 55files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard 56output a version of its input with lines as close to the 57.Ar goal 58length as possible without exceeding the 59.Ar maximum . 60The 61.Ar goal 62length defaults to 65 and the 63.Ar maximum 64to 75. 65The spacing at the beginning of the input lines is preserved in 66the output, as are blank lines and interword spacing. 67In non raw mode, lines that look like mail headers or begin with 68a period are not formatted. 69.Pp 70.Bl -tag -width ".Fl m Ar maximum" 71.It Fl C 72instructs 73.Nm 74to center the text. 75.It Fl g Ar goal 76New way to set the goal length. 77.It Fl m Ar maximum 78New way to set the maximum length. 79.It Fl w Ar maximum 80New way to set the maximum length. 81.It Fl r 82Raw mode; formats all lines and does not make exceptions for lines 83that start with a period or look like mail headers. 84.El 85.Pp 86.Nm 87is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful 88for other simple tasks. 89For instance, within visual mode of the 90.Xr ex 1 91editor (e.g., 92.Xr vi 1 ) 93the command 94.Pp 95.Dl \&!}fmt 96.Pp 97will reformat a paragraph, evening the lines. 98.Sh SEE ALSO 99.Xr mail 1 , 100.Xr nroff 1 101.Sh HISTORY 102The 103.Nm 104command appeared in 105.Bx 3 . 106.\" .Sh AUTHORS 107.\" Kurt Shoens 108.\" .Pp 109.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept) 110.Sh BUGS 111The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex 112operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more 113appropriate. 114