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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/fmt')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 index 6c9862f..4bf29bf 100644 --- a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 +++ b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 @@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ .Op Ar goal Oo Ar maximum Oc | Fl Ns Ar width | Fl w Ar width .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Nm -is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input +utility 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 @@ -137,7 +138,9 @@ spaces per tab stop. The default is 8. .El .Pp +The .Nm +utility is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful for other simple tasks. For instance, @@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ When the first line of an indented paragraph is very long (more than about twice the goal length), the indentation in the output can be wrong. .Pp +The .Nm -is not infallible in guessing what lines are mail headers and what +utility is not infallible in guessing what lines are mail headers and what lines are not. |
