2019-02-08 10:44:08 +00:00
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# fmt
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2024-02-14 20:25:13 +00:00
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> Reformat a text file by joining its paragraphs and limiting the line width to a number of characters (75 by default).
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2021-04-01 16:54:26 +01:00
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>.
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2019-02-08 10:44:08 +00:00
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- Reformat a file:
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`fmt {{path/to/file}}`
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- Reformat a file producing output lines of (at most) `n` characters:
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`fmt -w {{n}} {{path/to/file}}`
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- Reformat a file without joining lines shorter than the given width together:
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`fmt -s {{path/to/file}}`
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- Reformat a file with uniform spacing (1 space between words and 2 spaces between paragraphs):
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`fmt -u {{path/to/file}}`
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