elvfmt(1) [debian man page]

ELVFMT(1)							   User commands							 ELVFMT(1)

NAME

       elvfmt - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text

SYNOPSIS

       elvfmt [-w width | -width] [-s] [-c] [-i chars] [-C] [-M] [file]...

VERSION

       This page describes the Elvis 2.2_0 version of elvfmt.  See elvis(1).

DESCRIPTION

       elvfmt  is  a  simple  text formatter.  It inserts or deletes newlines, as necessary, to make all lines in a paragraph be approximately the
       same width.  It preserves indentation and word spacing.

       If you don't name any files on the command line, then elvfmt will read from stdin.

       It is typically used from within vi(1) or elvis(1) to adjust the line breaks in a single paragraph.  To do this, move the cursor to the top
       of the paragraph, type "!}elvfmt", and hit <Return>.

OPTIONS

       -w width or -width
	      Use a line width of width characters instead of the default of 72 characters.

       -s     Don't join lines shorter than the line width to fill paragraphs.

       -c     Try to be smarter about crown margins.  Specifically, this tells elvfmt to expect the first line of each paragraph to have a differ-
	      ent indentation than subsequent lines.  If text from the first input line is wrapped onto the second output line, then  elvfmt  will
	      scan ahead to figure out what indentation it should use for the second output line, instead of reusing the first line's indentation.

       -i chars
	      Allow  the indentation text to include any character from chars, in addition to spaces and tabs.	You should quote the chars list to
	      protect it from the shell.

       -C and -M
	      These are shortcuts for combinations of other flags.   is short for  and is useful for reformatting C/C++ comments.   is short for
	      and is useful for reformatting email messages.

SEE ALSO

       vi(1), elvis(1)

AUTHOR

       Steve Kirkendall
       kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu

																	 ELVFMT(1)

FMT(1)								   User Commands							    FMT(1)

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.

       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)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

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

AUTHOR

       Written by Ross Paterson.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and fmt programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info coreutils 'fmt invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.5						   February 2011							    FMT(1)