98 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
98 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: fmt.1,v 1.6 2000/09/18 13:42:53 abs Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)fmt.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Dt FMT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm fmt
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.Nd simple text formatter
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl C
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.Oo
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.Ar goal
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.Op Ar maximum
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.Oc
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.Op name ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of input
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files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on standard
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output a version of its input with lines as close to the
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.Ar goal
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length
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as possible without exceeding the maximum. The
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.Ar goal
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length defaults
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to 65 and the maximum to 75. The spacing at the beginning of the
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input lines is preserved in the output, as are blank lines and
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interword spacing.
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.Pp
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.Fl C
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instructs
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.Nm fmt
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to center the text.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also be useful
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for other simple tasks.
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For instance,
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within visual mode of the
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.Xr ex 1
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editor (e.g.
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.Xr vi 1 )
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the command
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.Pp
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.Dl \&!}fmt
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.Pp
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will reformat a paragraph,
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evening the lines.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr nroff 1 ,
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.Xr mail 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 3 .
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.\" .Sh AUTHOR
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.\" Kurt Shoens
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.\" .br
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.\" Liz Allen (added goal length concept)
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.Sh BUGS
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The program was designed to be simple and fast \- for more complex
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operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more appropriate.
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