TH FMT 1
SH NAME
fmt, htmlfmt \- simple text formatters
SH SYNOPSIS
B fmt
[
I option ...
]
[
I file ...
]
PP
B htmlfmt
[
B -a
] [
B -u
I url
] [
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
IR n ,
including indent (default 70).
TP
BI -w " n
A synonym for
BR -l .
TP
BI -i " n
Indent
I n
spaces (default 0).
TP
BI -j
Don't join input lines, simply split them where necessary.
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.
PP
I Htmlfmt
performs a similar service, but accepts as input text formatted with
HTML tags.
It accepts
IR fmt 's
B -l
and
B -w
flags and also:
TP
BI -a
Normally
I htmlfmt
suppresses the contents of form fields and anchors (URLs and image files); this flag
causes it to print them, in square brackets.
TP
BI -u " url
Use
I url
as the base URL for the document when displaying anchors; sets
BI -a .
SH SOURCE
B /sys/src/cmd/fmt.c
SH BUGS
I Htmlfmt
makes no attempt to render the two-dimensional geometry of tables;
it just treats the table entries as plain, to-be-formatted text.
