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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)fmt.1       6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH FMT 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             8: .UC
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: fmt \- simple text formatter
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B fmt
        !            13: [
        !            14: name ...
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: .I Fmt
        !            18: is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
        !            19: files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on
        !            20: standard output a version of its input with lines as close to
        !            21: 72 characters long as possible.  The spacing at the beginning
        !            22: of the input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines
        !            23: and interword spacing.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: .I Fmt
        !            26: is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful
        !            27: for other simple tasks.
        !            28: For instance,
        !            29: within visual mode of the
        !            30: .I ex
        !            31: editor (e.g.
        !            32: .IR vi )
        !            33: the command
        !            34: .br
        !            35:        !}fmt
        !            36: .br
        !            37: will reformat a paragraph,
        !            38: evening the lines.
        !            39: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            40: nroff(1), mail(1)
        !            41: .SH AUTHOR
        !            42: Kurt Shoens
        !            43: .SH BUGS
        !            44: The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex
        !            45: operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.

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