1.\" $NetBSD: fmt.1,v 1.4 1997/10/18 15:00:11 lukem Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 35.\" 36.Dd June 6, 1993 37.Dt FMT 1 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm fmt 41.Nd simple text formatter 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Oo 45.Ar goal 46.Op Ar maximum 47.Oc 48.Op name ... 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50.Nm 51is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input 52files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard 53output a version of its input with lines as close to the 54.Ar goal 55length 56as possible without exceeding the maximum. The 57.Ar goal 58length defaults 59to 65 and the maximum to 75. The spacing at the beginning of the 60input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines and 61interword spacing. 62.Pp 63.Nm 64is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful 65for other simple tasks. 66For instance, 67within visual mode of the 68.Xr ex 1 69editor (e.g. 70.Xr vi 1 ) 71the command 72.Pp 73.Dl \&!}fmt 74.Pp 75will reformat a paragraph, 76evening the lines. 77.Sh SEE ALSO 78.Xr nroff 1 , 79.Xr mail 1 80.Sh HISTORY 81The 82.Nm 83command appeared in 84.Bx 3 . 85.\" .Sh AUTHOR 86.\" Kurt Shoens 87.\" .br 88.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept) 89.Sh BUGS 90The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex 91operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate. 92