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 Documented in Volume 1 of the UNIX Programmers Manual.

 % fmt infile > outfile
  will read infile and write it to outfile, making lines of outfile as close
  to 72 characters wide as possible; it does not break words or adjust text.
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  within visual mode of the ex editor (e.g.  vi) the command

      !}fmt

  will reformat a paragraph breaking long lines to fit into 72 columns.

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