Fmt (Unix)

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Usage: fmt [-DIGITS] [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
If no FILE or if FILE is `-', read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
  -c, --crown-margin        preserve indentation of first two lines
  -p, --prefix=STRING       combine only lines having STRING as prefix
  -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=NUMBER        maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

In -wNUMBER, the letter `w' may be omitted.