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  1. par is a paragraph reformatter, vaguely similar to fmt, but better.
  2. For example, the command "par 44gqr", given the input:
  3. John Q. Public writes:
  4. > Jane Doe writes:
  5. > >
  6. > > May I remind people that this newsgroup
  7. > > is for posting binaries only. Please keep
  8. > > all discussion in .d where it belongs.
  9. > Who appointed you net.god?
  10. > I'll discuss things here if I feel like it.
  11. Could you two please take this to e-mail?
  12. **********************************************
  13. ** Main's Law: For every action there is an **
  14. ** equal and opposite government program. **
  15. **********************************************
  16. Would produce the output:
  17. John Q. Public writes:
  18. > Jane Doe writes:
  19. >
  20. > > May I remind people that this
  21. > > newsgroup is for posting
  22. > > binaries only. Please keep
  23. > > all discussion in .d where it
  24. > > belongs.
  25. >
  26. > Who appointed you net.god? I'll
  27. > discuss things here if I feel like
  28. > it.
  29. Could you two please take this to
  30. e-mail?
  31. ************************************
  32. ** Main's Law: For every action **
  33. ** there is an equal and opposite **
  34. ** government program. **
  35. ************************************