## NAME

fmt - simple optimal text formatter

## SYNOPSIS

fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...

## DESCRIPTION

Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of --width=DIGITS.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-c, --crown-margin preserve indentation of first two lines

-p, --prefix=STRING reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines

-s, --split-only split long lines, but do not refill

-t, --tagged-paragraph indentation of first line different from second

-u, --uniform-spacing one space between words, two after sentences

-w, --width=WIDTH maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

-g, --goal=WIDTH goal width (default of 93% of width)

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

## AUTHOR

Written by Ross Paterson.

## REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) fmt invocation(aq