1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 33.\" $Id$ 34.\" 35.Dd June 6, 1993 36.Dt FMT 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm fmt 40.Nd simple text formatter 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Fl c 44.Oo 45.Ar goal 46.Op Ar maximum 47.Oc 48.Op name ... 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50.Nm Fmt 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.Fl c 64instructs 65.Nm 66to center the text. 67.Pp 68.Nm Fmt 69is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful 70for other simple tasks. 71For instance, 72within visual mode of the 73.Xr ex 1 74editor (e.g. 75.Xr vi 1 ) 76the command 77.Pp 78.Dl \&!}fmt 79.Pp 80will reformat a paragraph, 81evening the lines. 82.Sh SEE ALSO 83.Xr mail 1 , 84.Xr nroff 1 85.Sh HISTORY 86The 87.Nm 88command appeared in 89.Bx 3 . 90.\" .Sh AUTHOR 91.\" Kurt Shoens 92.\" .br 93.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept) 94.Sh BUGS 95The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex 96operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate. 97