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.TH FMT "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fmt \- simple optimal text formatter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fmt
[\fI\,-WIDTH\/\fR] [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.
The option \fB\-WIDTH\fR is an abbreviated form of \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,DIGITS\/\fR.
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With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-c'\fB\-c, \-\-crown\-margin\fP\X'tty: link'
preserve indentation of first two lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-p'\fB\-p, \-\-prefix=\,STRING\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
reformat only lines beginning with STRING,
reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-s'\fB\-s, \-\-split\-only\fP\X'tty: link'
split long lines, but do not refill
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-t'\fB\-t, \-\-tagged\-paragraph\fP\X'tty: link'
indentation of first line different from second
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-u'\fB\-u, \-\-uniform\-spacing\fP\X'tty: link'
one space between words, two after sentences
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-w'\fB\-w, \-\-width=\,WIDTH\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
maximum line width (default of 75 columns)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#fmt-g'\fB\-g, \-\-goal=\,WIDTH\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
goal width (default of 93% of width)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt#fmt--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt#fmt--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Ross Paterson.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) fmt invocation\(aq