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How does this differ from the 'fmt' utility included in the GNU textutils set?
by pwg 11y ago
How does this differ from the 'fmt' utility included in the GNU textutils set?
- CodeHustler 11y agoI thought that fmt only separated text by columns not by characters or words?
- pwg 11y agoYou are thinking of 'col'. 'fmt' reflows paragraphs: NAME fmt - simple optimal text formatter SYNOPSIS fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated form of --width=DIGITS. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -c, --crown-margin preserve indentation of first two lines -p, --prefix=STRING reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines -s, --split-only split long lines, but do not refill -t, --tagged-paragraph indentation of first line different from second -u, --uniform-spacing one space between words, two after sentences -w, --width=WIDTH maximum line width (default of 75 columns) -g, --goal=WIDTH goal width (default of 93% of width) --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
- CodeHustler 11y agoOh ok. I still can't figure out how to achieve the same functionality with fmt though. Am I doing something wrong, or does `fmt` just not provide the same functionality as `reline`?