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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-15 14:53:55 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-15 14:53:55 +0000 |
| commit | c14d208cbde9ca7e7d4a7be9aef46db162c46ff6 (patch) | |
| tree | 9828b0d985eb96d81835453c8ba2eb90e959c82a /usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 | |
| parent | 839c5a13326aca13093860164f18e9875972e237 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-c14d208cbde9ca7e7d4a7be9aef46db162c46ff6.zip FreeBSD-src-c14d208cbde9ca7e7d4a7be9aef46db162c46ff6.tar.gz | |
The old fmt(1) always did what the new ``-l 8'' option does.
POLA: Changed the default to ``-l 8'' while still providing
a way to disable this feature with ``-l 0''.
PR: bin/29247
Reviewed by: iedowse
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 index 63d89f7..b1333ae 100644 --- a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 +++ b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 @@ -115,8 +115,13 @@ escaped to protect them from your shell. .It Fl l Ar number Replace multiple spaces with tabs at the start of each output line, if possible. +Each .Ar number spaces will be replaced with one tab. +The default is 8. +If +.Ar number +is 0, spaces are preserved. .It Fl t Ar number Assume that the input files' tabs assume .Ar number |
