Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:37:20 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=c3=ada?= <fernape@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r367142 - head/usr.bin/fmt Message-ID: <202010291837.09TIbKap040707@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: fernape (ports committer) Date: Thu Oct 29 18:37:20 2020 New Revision: 367142 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367142 Log: 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 Modified: head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 Thu Oct 29 18:34:47 2020 (r367141) +++ head/usr.bin/fmt/fmt.1 Thu Oct 29 18:37:20 2020 (r367142) @@ -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 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
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