.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.012.
.TH FMT "1" "August 1999" "GNU textutils 2.0" FSF
.SH NAME
fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fmt
[\fI-DIGITS\fR] [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
If no FILE or if FILE is `-', read standard input.
.SS "Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too."
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crown\-margin\fR
preserve indentation of first two lines
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fISTRING\fR
combine only lines having STRING as prefix
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-split\-only\fR
split long lines, but do not refill
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tagged\-paragraph\fR
indentation of first line different from second
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uniform\-spacing\fR
one space between words, two after sentences
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
In \fB\-wNUMBER\fR, the letter `w' may be omitted.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B fmt
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B fmt
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info fmt
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.