.TH FMT 1 .CT 1 writing_other .SH NAME fmt \(mi ultra-simple text formatter .SH SYNOPSIS .B fmt [ .I option ... ] [ .I file ... ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Fmt copies the given .I files (standard input by default) to its standard output, filling and indenting lines. The options are .TP .BI -l " n Output line length is .I n, including indent, (default 70). .TP .BI -i " n Indent .I n spaces (default 0). .PP Empty lines and initial white space in input lines are preserved. Empty lines are inserted between input files. .PP .I Fmt is idempotent: it leaves already formatted text unchanged. .SH BUGS Words longer than 256 characters are split.