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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 pre-
served. 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 url
Use url as the base URL for the document when display-
ing anchors; sets -a.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/fmt.c
/sys/src/cmd/htmlfmt
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BUGS
Htmlfmt makes no attempt to render the two-dimensional geom-
etry of tables; it just treats the table entries as plain,
to-be-formatted text.
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