| FMT(1) | FMT(1)

NAME

| fmt, htmlfmt – simple text formatters

SYNOPSIS

`fmt` [ option ... ] [ file ... ]

`htmlfmt` [ `−a` ] [ `−c` charset ] [ `−u` url ] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION

Fmt copies the given files (standard input by default) to its standard output, filling and indenting lines. The options are
`−l` n Output line length is n, including indent (default 70).
`−w` n A synonym for `−l`.
`−i` n Indent n spaces (default 0).
`−j` Do not join short lines: only fold long lines.

Empty lines and initial white space in input lines are preserved. Empty lines are inserted between input files.

Fmt is idempotent: it leaves already formatted text unchanged.

Htmlfmt performs a similar service, but accepts as input text formatted with HTML tags. It accepts fmt’s `−l` and `−w` flags and also:
`−a` Normally htmlfmt suppresses the contents of form fields and anchors (URLs and image files); this flag causes it to print them, in square brackets.
`−c` charset

| change the default character set from iso-8859-1 to charset. This is the character set assumed if there isn’t one specified by the html itself in a <meta> directive.

`−u` urlUse url as the base URL for the document when displaying anchors; sets `−a`.

SOURCE

`/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/fmt.c

` `/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/htmlfmt
`

BUGS

| Htmlfmt makes no attempt to render the two-dimensional geometry of tables; it just treats the table entries as plain, to-be-formatted text.