bsd man page for fmt

FMT(1)							      General Commands Manual							    FMT(1)

NAME
       fmt - simple text formatter

SYNOPSIS
       fmt [ name ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       Fmt  is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard
       output a version of its input with lines as close to 72 characters long as possible.  The spacing at the beginning of the  input  lines	is
       preserved in the output, as are blank lines and interword spacing.

       Fmt  is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful for other simple tasks.  For instance, within visual mode of
       the ex editor (e.g.  vi) the command
	    !}fmt
       will reformat a paragraph, evening the lines.

SEE ALSO
       nroff(1), mail(1)

AUTHOR
       Kurt Shoens

BUGS
       The program was designed to be simple and fast - for more complex operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more  appropri-
       ate.

3rd Berkeley Distribution					  April 29, 1985							    FMT(1)