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limited --width argument for fmt
From: |
Behdad Esfahbod |
Subject: |
limited --width argument for fmt |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:48:18 -0400 |
Hi,
This a bug report against fmt.
address@hidden test]$ fmt -w 12345
fmt: invalid width: `12345'
What I'm trying to achieve here is to unwrap lines, aka "tr '\n' ' '"
but using fmt. According to GNU Coding Standards, GNU tools should not
have hard limits on the size of input or parameters when it doesn't make
sense...
And a feature request: -w -1 may mean unlimited width.
I know both of the above paragraphs are defeating the purpose of fmt in
the first place, but..., you know (-:
Cheers,
--
behdad
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- limited --width argument for fmt,
Behdad Esfahbod <=