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1.1     ! root        1: .TH FMT 1 "24 February 1979"
        !             2: .UC
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: fmt \- simple text formatter
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B fmt
        !             7: [
        !             8: name ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Fmt
        !            12: is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
        !            13: files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on
        !            14: standard output a version of its input with lines as close to
        !            15: 72 characters long as possible.  The spacing at the beginning
        !            16: of the input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines
        !            17: and interword spacing.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .I Fmt
        !            20: is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful
        !            21: for other simple tasks.
        !            22: For instance,
        !            23: within visual mode of the
        !            24: .I ex
        !            25: editor (e.g.
        !            26: .IR vi )
        !            27: the command
        !            28: .br
        !            29:        !}fmt
        !            30: .br
        !            31: will reformat a paragraph,
        !            32: evening the lines.
        !            33: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            34: nroff(1), mail(1)
        !            35: .SH AUTHOR
        !            36: Kurt Shoens
        !            37: .SH BUGS
        !            38: The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex
        !            39: operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.

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