1.\" $NetBSD: fmt.1,v 1.10 2007/05/29 15:27:37 christos 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. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 31.\" 32.Dd May 29, 2007 33.Dt FMT 1 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm fmt 37.Nd simple text formatter 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl Cr 41.Oo 42.Ar goal 43.Op Ar maximum 44.Oc 45.Op name ... 46.Nm 47.Op Fl Cr 48.Op Fl g Ar goal 49.Op Fl m Ar maximum 50.Op name ... 51.Sh DESCRIPTION 52.Nm 53is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input 54files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard 55output a version of its input with lines as close to the 56.Ar goal 57length as possible without exceeding the 58.Ar maximum . 59The 60.Ar goal 61length defaults to 65 and the 62.Ar maximum 63to 75. 64The spacing at the beginning of the input lines is preserved in 65the output, as are blank lines and interword spacing. 66In non raw mode, lines that look like mail headers or begin with 67a period are not formatted. 68.Pp 69.Bl -tag -indent 70.It Fl C 71instructs 72.Nm 73to center the text. 74.It Fl g Ar goal 75New way to set the goal length. 76.It Fl m Ar maximum 77New way to set the maximum length. 78.It Fl r 79Raw mode; formats all lines and does not make exceptions for lines 80that start with a period or look like mail headers. 81.El 82.Pp 83.Nm 84is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful 85for other simple tasks. 86For instance, within visual mode of the 87.Xr ex 1 88editor (e.g., 89.Xr vi 1 ) 90the command 91.Pp 92.Dl \&!}fmt 93.Pp 94will reformat a paragraph, evening the lines. 95.Sh SEE ALSO 96.Xr mail 1 , 97.Xr nroff 1 98.Sh HISTORY 99The 100.Nm 101command appeared in 102.Bx 3 . 103.\" .Sh AUTHORS 104.\" Kurt Shoens 105.\" .Pp 106.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept) 107.Sh BUGS 108The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex 109operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more 110appropriate. 111