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diff --git a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c76cc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt FMT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fmt +.Nd simple text formatter +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm fmt +.Oo +.Ar goal +.Op Ar maximum +.Oc +.Op name ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm 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 the +.Ar goal +length +as possible without exceeding the maximum. The +.Ar goal +length defaults +to 65 and the maximum to 75. The spacing at the beginning of the +input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines and +interword spacing. +.Pp +.Nm 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 +.Xr ex 1 +editor (e.g. +.Xr vi 1 ) +the command +.Pp +.Dl \&!}fmt +.Pp +will reformat a paragraph, +evening the lines. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nroff 1 , +.Xr mail 1 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm fmt +command appeared in +.Bx 3 . +.\" .Sh AUTHOR +.\" Kurt Shoens +.\" .br +.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept) +.Sh BUGS +The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex +operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate. |