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-rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 1fbf05116..a7e69d15c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2203,9 +2203,15 @@ between sentences to two spaces. @opindex -@var{width} @opindex -w @opindex --width -Fill output lines up to @var{width} characters (default 75). @command{fmt} -initially tries to make lines about 7% shorter than this, to give it -room to balance line lengths. +Fill output lines up to @var{width} characters (default 75 or @var{goal} +plus 10, if @var{goal} is provided). + +@itemx -g @var{goal} +@itemx --goal=@var{goal} +@opindex -g +@opindex --goal +@command{fmt} initially tries to make lines @var{goal} characters wide. +By default, this is 7% shorter than @var{width}. @item -p @var{prefix} @itemx --prefix=@var{prefix} |