I got to wondering about what the maximum value you can set for the width for the 'fmt' command is. Experimentation tells me the answer is 2500. 2500 works, but any number greater than that (starting with 2501) generates an error message.
I suggest two things: 1) That the maximum (whatever it is) be documented in "man fmt". (And, incidentally, why should there be any maximum at all?) 2) That there be an option to say, essentially, no limit. Say "-0", which currently does something else. BTW, the reason for #2 is that occasionally I have the need to take a file that is formatted "in lines" - that is, normal text with a newline every 75 characters (or thereabouts) and I need to convert to be "in paragraphs" - each paragraph is a single line regardless of length. I can use "fmt -1000" (or, it seems, any number up to 2500), but that obviously feels like a hack. ================================================================================= Please do not send me replies to my posts on the list. I always read the replies via the web archive, so CC'ing to me is unnecessary. When responding to my posts, please try to refrain from giving bureaucratic answers. If you have nothing useful to say, then just click Next and go on. BTW, ain't interested in kludgey workarounds - got enough of my own! (YT id: 6H1lcubN0oE)
