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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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