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+.\" 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
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+.\" 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.
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