NAME
fmt - simple text formatter

SYNOPSIS
fmt [ goal [ max ] ] [ name ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Fmt is a simple text formatter which reads the concatenation of
input files (or standard input if none are given) and produces on
standard output a version of its input with lines whose length is
close to goal characters and does not exceed max characters. The
spacing at the beginning of the input lines is preserved in the
output, as are blank lines and interword spacing.

Fmt is meant to format mail messages prior to sending, but may also
be useful for other simple tasks. For instance, within visual mode
of the ex editor (e.g. vi) the command
!}fmt
will reformat a paragraph, evening the lines.

SEE ALSO
nroff(1), mail(1)

AUTHOR
Kurt Shoens

BUGS
The program was designed to be simple and fast - for more complex
operations, the standard text processors are likely to be more
appropriate.