Hi ...just a shot in the dark: Try 'fmt' (UNIX standard too so no extra install I think).
Kind regards, Meino Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-10-20 03:52]: > Hello. How can I line-wrap a text file that was not wrapped before (e.g. > like text file created on Microsoft Windows's notepad, the software does > softwrap by default, thus the file created using it often have very long > text lines) by using command pipe? > > I could use vim, activate some formatting options and use gq. But that > couldn't be used on a pipe. > > I could use groff, but that command line looks too complicated: > > $ head -n1 max_payne | groff -Tutf8 | grep --invert-match ^$ > Life was good. A house on the Jersey side across the river. The > smell of freshly cut lawns. The sounds of children playing. A > beautiful wife and a baby girl. The American dream come true. But > dreams have a nasty habit of going bad when you’re not looking. > > > Besides groff wraps not according to the console term width, but > according to the paper size in /etc/paper. It would be nice to have > something wrap my text by using console width (what you get with '$ stty > -a | head -n1') > > -- > Real Softservice > > Huateng Tower, Unit 1788 > Jia 302 3rd area of Jinsong, Chao Yang > > Tel: +86 (10) 8773 0650 ext 603 > Mobile: 159 1111 7382 > http://www.realss.com > > -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
