fmt(1)                           DG/UX 5.4.2                          fmt(1)


NAME
       fmt - simple text formatter

SYNOPSIS
       fmt [ -cs ] [ -w width ] [ file...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       fmt is a simple text formatter that fills and joins lines to produce
       output lines of (up to) the number of characters specified in the -w
       width option.  The default width is 72.  fmt concatenates the
       inputfiles listed as arguments.  If none are given, fmt formats text
       from the standard input.

       Blank lines are preserved in the output, as is the spacing between
       words.  fmt does not fill lines beginning with a ``.'' (dot), for
       compatibility with nroff(1).  Nor does it fill lines starting with
       ``From:''.

       Indentation is preserved in the output, and input lines with
       differing indentation are not joined (unless -c is used).

       fmt can also be used as an in-line text filter for vi(1); the vi
       command:

              !}fmt

       reformats the text between the cursor location and the end of the
       paragraph.

   Options
       -c          Crown margin mode.  Preserve the indentation of the first
                   two lines within a paragraph, and align the left margin
                   of each subsequent line with that of the second line.
                   This is useful for tagged paragraphs.

       -s          Split lines only.  Do not join short lines to form longer
                   ones.  This prevents sample lines of code, and other such
                   "formatted" text, from being unduly combined.

       -w width    Fill output lines to up to width columns.

SEE ALSO
       nroff(1), vi(1).

NOTES
       fmt can handle input lines up to 4094 bytes long.  Input lines
       greater than 4095 bytes will be truncated at the 4095th byte and the
       remainder of the line will be discarded.

       The fmt command accepts a -width option for BSD compatibility, but it
       may go away in future releases.






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