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Add WWW:. Reference fmt(1). Minor reformatting to keep this within 24 lines.

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Tim Vanderhoek 1999-07-17 13:55:49 +00:00
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Par is a filter which copies its input to its output, changing all
Par is similar but superiour to the fmt(1) command included in the
base system.
Par is a filter that copies its input to its output, changing all
white characters (except newlines) to spaces, and reformatting
each paragraph. Paragraphs are separated by protected, blank, and
bodiless lines (see the Terminology section for definitions), and
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Each output paragraph is generated from the corresponding input
paragraph as follows:
1) An optional prefix and/or suffix is removed from each input
line.
1) An optional prefix and/or suffix is removed from each input line.
2) The remainder is divided into words (separated by spaces).
3) The words are joined into lines to make an eye-pleasing
paragraph.
3) The words are joined into lines to make an eye-pleasing paragraph.
4) The prefixes and suffixes are reattached.
If there are suffixes, spaces are inserted before them so that they
all end in the same column.
WWW: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~amc/Par/