1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)fmt.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 7/22/91 33.\" 34.Dd July 22, 1991 35.Dt FMT 1 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm fmt 39.Nd simple text formatter 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Nm fmt 42.Oo 43.Ar goal 44.Op Ar maximum 45.Oc 46.Op name ... 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48.Nm Fmt 49is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input 50files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard 51output a version of its input with lines as close to the 52.Ar goal 53length 54as possible without exceeding the maximum. The 55.Ar goal 56length defaults 57to 65 and the maximum to 75. The spacing at the beginning of the 58input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines and 59interword spacing. 60.Pp 61.Nm Fmt 62is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful 63for other simple tasks. 64For instance, 65within visual mode of the 66.Xr ex 1 67editor (e.g. 68.Xr vi 1 ) 69the command 70.Pp 71.Dl \&!}fmt 72.Pp 73will reformat a paragraph, 74evening the lines. 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr nroff 1 , 77.Xr mail 1 78.Sh HISTORY 79The 80.Nm fmt 81command appeared in 82.Bx 3 . 83.\" .Sh AUTHOR 84.\" Kurt Shoens 85.\" .br 86.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept) 87.Sh BUGS 88The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex 89operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate. 90