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NAME
       fmt - simple optimal text formatter

SYNOPSIS
       fmt [-DIGITS] [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       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=WIDTH
	      maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

       --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
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and fmt programs are properly installed	 at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info coreutils fmt

       should give you access to the complete manual.



fmt (coreutils) 5.2.1		 August 2006			       FMT(1)

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4. free
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