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author | fernape <fernape@ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f> | 2020-10-29 18:37:20 +0000 |
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committer | fernape <fernape@ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f> | 2020-10-29 18:37:20 +0000 |
commit | 507dedb17989ceac5eaa3a0502ed8ee0695dd8c9 (patch) | |
tree | 7c573be722b421ce9ea0f07ed35589c7204bf950 | |
parent | 5a20a00ae78ffa7e5627641c470069757a911145 (diff) | |
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fmt(1): Add EXAMPLES section
Very small EXAMPLES section.
While here, remove reference to nroff(1).
Approved by: manpages (bcr@)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26947
git-svn-id: http://svn.freebsd.org/base/head@367142 ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 index 5996bbaa453..2a5c54b90bb 100644 --- a/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 +++ b/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" Modified by Gareth McCaughan to describe the new version of `fmt' .\" rather than the old one. -.Dd December 1, 2017 +.Dd October 29, 2020 .Dt FMT 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ Try to format mail header lines contained in the input sensibly. Format lines beginning with a .Ql \&. (dot) character. -Normally, -.Nm -does not fill these lines, for compatibility with -.Xr nroff 1 . .It Fl p Allow indented paragraphs. Without the @@ -159,10 +155,23 @@ environment variables affect the execution of .Nm as described in .Xr environ 7 . +.Sh EXAMPLES +Center the text in standard input: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ echo -e 'The merit of all things\enlies\enin their difficulty' | fmt -c + The merit of all things + lies + in their difficulty +.Ed +.Pp +Format the text in standard input collapsing spaces: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ echo -e 'Multiple spaces will be collapsed' | fmt -s +Multiple spaces will be collapsed +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fold 1 , -.Xr mail 1 , -.Xr nroff 1 +.Xr mail 1 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |