On Unix-like operating systems, the fmt command is a formatter for simplifying and optimizing text files.
This page covers the GNU/Linux version of fmt.
Description
fmt reformats each paragraph in the FILE(s) specified, writing to standard output. The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of –width=DIGITS.
- Description
- Syntax
- Examples
- Related commands
- Linux commands help
Syntax
fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]… [FILE]…
Options
If no FILE is specified, or if FILE is a dash ("-"), fmt reads from standard input.
Examples
fmt myfile.txt
Display a reformatted version of the file myfile.txt.
fmt < myfile.txt > myfile2.txt
Reformat myfile.txt, and write the output to the file myfile2.txt.
Related commands
nroff — Format documents for terminal display or line-printer.
