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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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