Manual: gnufmt

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NAME
       fmt - simple optimal text formatter

SYNOPSIS
       fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Reformat	 each  paragraph  in  the  FILE(s), writing to standard output.	 The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of
       --width=DIGITS.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -c, --crown-margin
	      preserve indentation of first two lines

       -p, --prefix=STRING
	      reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines

       -s, --split-only
	      split long lines, but do not refill

       -t, --tagged-paragraph
	      indentation of first line different from second

       -u, --uniform-spacing
	      one space between words, two after sentences

       -w, --width=WIDTH
	      maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

       -g, --goal=WIDTH
	      goal width (default of 93% of width)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Ross Paterson.

REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO
       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) fmt invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						      FMT(1)