par is a paragraph reformatter, vaguely similar to fmt, but better. For example, the command "par 44gqr", given the input: John Q. Public writes: > Jane Doe writes: > > > > May I remind people that this newsgroup > > is for posting binaries only. Please keep > > all discussion in .d where it belongs. > Who appointed you net.god? > I'll discuss things here if I feel like it. Could you two please take this to e-mail? ********************************************** ** Main's Law: For every action there is an ** ** equal and opposite government program. ** ********************************************** Would produce the output: John Q. Public writes: > Jane Doe writes: > > > May I remind people that this > > newsgroup is for posting > > binaries only. Please keep > > all discussion in .d where it > > belongs. > > Who appointed you net.god? I'll > discuss things here if I feel like > it. Could you two please take this to e-mail? ************************************ ** Main's Law: For every action ** ** there is an equal and opposite ** ** government program. ** ************************************