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1.1       root        1: .TH FMT 1
                      2: .CT 1 writing_other
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: fmt \(mi ultra-simple text formatter
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B fmt
                      7: [
                      8: .I option ...
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .I file ...
                     12: ]
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Fmt
                     15: copies the given
                     16: .I files
                     17: (standard input by default)
                     18: to its standard output, filling and indenting lines.
                     19: The options are
                     20: .TP
                     21: .BI -l " n
                     22: Output line length is
                     23: .I n,
                     24: including indent, (default 70).
                     25: .TP
                     26: .BI -i " n
                     27: Indent
                     28: .I n
                     29: spaces (default 0).
                     30: .PP
                     31: Empty lines and initial white space in input lines are preserved.
                     32: Empty lines are inserted between input files.
                     33: .PP
                     34: .I Fmt
                     35: is idempotent: it leaves already formatted text unchanged.
                     36: .SH BUGS
                     37: Words longer than 256 characters are split.

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