Re: ASCII Formatter Whose Name I've Forgotten

2007-09-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
Yes, it was called fmt and is sometimes found with the name newfmt. On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Martin McCormick wrote: I remember reading about a UNIX utility whose name escapes me. You feed it ASCII text and it breaks lines as near to a desired length as possible without splitting words. A

Re: more of that sed "editing" (Re: ASCII Formatter Whose Name I've Forgotten)

2007-09-26 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:27:34PM +, Oleg Verych wrote: > 26-09-2007, Celejar: > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:47:09 -0500 > > Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I remember reading about a UNIX utility whose name > >> escapes me. You feed it ASCII text and it breaks lines as ne

more of that sed "editing" (Re: ASCII Formatter Whose Name I've Forgotten)

2007-09-26 Thread Oleg Verych
26-09-2007, Celejar: > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:47:09 -0500 > Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I remember reading about a UNIX utility whose name >> escapes me. You feed it ASCII text and it breaks lines as near >> to a desired length as possible without splitting words. Anyone >

Re: ASCII Formatter Whose Name I've Forgotten

2007-09-26 Thread Martin McCormick
Celejar writes: > fmt -w nnn? That's it. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ASCII Formatter Whose Name I've Forgotten

2007-09-26 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:47:09 -0500 Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember reading about a UNIX utility whose name > escapes me. You feed it ASCII text and it breaks lines as near > to a desired length as possible without splitting words. Anyone > remember the name of this u

ASCII Formatter Whose Name I've Forgotten

2007-09-26 Thread Martin McCormick
I remember reading about a UNIX utility whose name escapes me. You feed it ASCII text and it breaks lines as near to a desired length as possible without splitting words. Anyone remember the name of this utility? Thanks. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OS