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fmt(1): Add EXAMPLES section
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Very small EXAMPLES section.

While here, remove reference to nroff(1).

Approved by:	manpages (bcr@)
Differential Revision:		https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26947
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fernape committed Oct 29, 2020
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.\"
.\" Modified by Gareth McCaughan to describe the new version of `fmt'
.\" rather than the old one.
.Dd December 1, 2017
.Dd October 29, 2020
.Dt FMT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
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Format lines beginning with a
.Ql \&.
(dot) character.
Normally,
.Nm
does not fill these lines, for compatibility with
.Xr nroff 1 .
.It Fl p
Allow indented paragraphs.
Without the
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.Nm
as described in
.Xr environ 7 .
.Sh EXAMPLES
Center the text in standard input:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ echo -e 'The merit of all things\enlies\enin their difficulty' | fmt -c
The merit of all things
lies
in their difficulty
.Ed
.Pp
Format the text in standard input collapsing spaces:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ echo -e 'Multiple spaces will be collapsed' | fmt -s
Multiple spaces will be collapsed
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fold 1 ,
.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr nroff 1
.Xr mail 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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