[ale] Utility to word-wrap plain text?

Stephen R. Blevins srblevi at worldnet.att.net
Wed Mar 28 15:42:02 EDT 2007


What about this?  [Looks cleaner to me]

	echo "${FORM_message}" | fold -s -w-=72


Chuck Huber wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:37:43 -0400
>> From: "Cox, Danny" <dcox at icc.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] Utility to word-wrap plain text?
>> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
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>> 	Try 'fmt'.
>> Danny Cox
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> Danny,
>
> fmt did it.  Thanks.
>
> Charles had suggested fold.  However it is not word-aware in that it cut the
> line in mid-word.
>
>
> Here's the resulting code:
> #
> # Evaluate the form, placing form variables in the environment
> # under the name FORM_xxx
> # This can only be called once since it handles form submission
> # through POST. i.e. it reads stdin for form elements.
> #
> e
> `eval proccgi $*`
> ...
> echo "${FORM_message}" | sed -e 's/^M/\n/g' | fmt --split-only --width=72
> ...
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Enjoy,
>     - Chuck
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