maxc1222@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Generic Account 1222) (10/17/90)
I need some help!! I'm am looking for a Unix utility that will get standard input and format it to 72 columns max. I looked at 'fmt' and it was putting the word which fell on the 72nd column on the following line. I need something which will break any word at the 72nd column regardless. Thanks in advance, LP
kole@convex.UUCP (John P. Kole) (10/21/90)
In article <2221@megadon.UUCP> maxc1222@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Generic Account 1222) writes: > >I need some help!! I'm am looking for a Unix utility that will get >standard input and format it to 72 columns max. I looked at 'fmt' >and it was putting the word which fell on the 72nd column on the >following line. I need something which will break any word >at the 72nd column regardless. > >Thanks in advance, > >LP Try colrm(1).
jpr@hombre.masa.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) (10/26/90)
In article <2221@megadon.UUCP> maxc1222@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Generic Account 1222) writes: >I need some help!! I'm am looking for a Unix utility that will get >standard input and format it to 72 columns max. I looked at 'fmt' >and it was putting the word which fell on the 72nd column on the >following line. I need something which will break any word >at the 72nd column regardless. Cheap and dirty approach: Try running nroff on your input. Without any macros defined at all, it seems to default to right-justified 72 column text. Two consecutive line-feeds in the input tell it to start a new paragraph. It also will issue line-feeds to come to some multiple of 66 lines. -- Jean-Pierre Radley HIGH-Q jpr@jpradley CIS: 72160,1341
rer@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (Rob Robason) (10/30/90)
lp> I need something which will break any word at the 72nd column lp> regardless. try fold(1).
perl@step.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) (11/03/90)
Also available on some systems: fold(1) which will not lose any data
like colrm will.
Robert Perlberg
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
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-- "I am not a language ... I am a free man!"felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) (11/03/90)
In <2242@megadon.UUCP> rer@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (Rob Robason) writes: >lp> I need something which will break any word at the 72nd column >lp> regardless. >try fold(1). And if your not on a BSD system or derivative which has fold try the following awk prog: ----------------------------------------------------------- # ######################################################### # # This script folds long lines into 60-character lines. # A "\e" is appended to indicate that the line was # folded, and the residue is then processed. It is # assumed that the input file does not contain tabs. # The input line is only broken on spaces. # # To run this script: # awk -f fold.script filename # ######################################################### # BEGIN { N = 57 # fold at column 57 } { if ((n = length($0)) <= N) print # fold is unnecessary else { split($0,word); line = ""; cnt = 0; for (i = 1; length(line) < N; i++) { line = line " " word[i]; cnt = cnt + 1; } line = line " "; if (cnt == NF) printf "%s\n", line else { printf "%s\e\n", line; line = ""; for (i = cnt+1; i <= NF; i++) { line = line " " word[i]; cnt = cnt + 1; } printf "%s\n", line } } } ----------------------------------------------------------- You may want to modify it to be more flexible but it does the basic work already. enjoy, Robert Felps felps@convex.com Convex Computer Corp OS System Specialist 3000 Waterview Parkway Tech. Assistant Ctr Richardson, Tx. 75083 1(800) 952-0379