From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 20:24:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC571065675 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:24:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CAE8FC14 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5CKOagY004551 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:24:36 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.5.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q5CKOagY004551 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/q5CKOagY004551; dkim=none (no signature); dkim-adsp=none Message-ID: <4FD7A57A.4050203@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:24:26 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120601 Thunderbird/13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <201206122011.q5CKB557038063@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <201206122011.q5CKB557038063@mail.r-bonomi.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig9C02D1DC5B69CAD01E43B61C" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.4 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Subject: Re: text format X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:24:41 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9C02D1DC5B69CAD01E43B61C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12/06/2012 21:11, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> im only asking what cmd should i use to format an ascii text to be=20 >> > identical to that one, centered and aligned.. > There *ISN'T* any simple command-line tool that will do what you want, > all "automatically". I dunno. 'fmt -c' looks pretty close to me. Seems to work best if you wrap the lines first, then center: % fmt 65 72 < lorem-ipsum.txt | fmt -c Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin ac metus nisi. Praesent sit amet accumsan diam. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam lobortis tortor vitae arcu pretium et hendrerit lectus semper. Pellentesque ante diam, dictum vel adipiscing vel, rutrum eget elit. Nam et metus nulla. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed convallis dui sit amet ligula imperdiet at tincidunt arcu euismod. Nullam posuere imperdiet est et mattis. Sed nunc leo, vehicula faucibus porttitor luctus, aliquam at tortor. Aliquam hendrerit condimentum nibh, eu interdum quam sodales id. Morbi aliquam fermentum lorem a molestie. Donec commodo odio a mauris elementum semper. Aliquam at massa vel magna vehicula consequat in a tortor. Proin ut est eu lectus aliquet blandit eget vel nulla. Donec risus dolor, tempor ut ultricies quis, adipiscing a dolor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut adipiscing metus sed justo accumsan tempus. Ut sollicitudin aliquet lorem et faucibus. Maecenas vel metus ut diam luctus fermentum sollicitudin eu neque. Cras vitae ipsum sit amet justo aliquam placerat id consectetur urna. Pellentesque vitae mi eu lorem tincidunt feugiat. Quisque vel orci mi, nec ornare dolor. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig9C02D1DC5B69CAD01E43B61C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/XpYMACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzUKwCcC3pjmlpgtuvH7HsT6NduNzlj AFcAn30pmLyNqzNVS7eKVsHNpwQttvGB =HEmd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9C02D1DC5B69CAD01E43B61C--