par ☆
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Description:
Paragraph reflow for email
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.53.0@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 24, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Productivity
Tags: text-processing email cli utility formatting
Install: brew install par
About:
Par is a text reformatting utility designed specifically for handling email and plain text documents. It intelligently reformats paragraphs to a specified width while preserving indentation and quoting conventions. This ensures that text remains readable and properly structured across different email clients and displays.
Key Features:
  • Preserves indentation and quoting styles (e.g., '> ')
  • Handles hard-wrapped text efficiently
  • Configurable line width and tab settings
  • Lightweight and fast execution
Use Cases:
  • Reformatting hard-wrapped emails before sending
  • Cleaning up text copied from terminal outputs or PDFs
  • Standardizing text width in documentation or config files
Alternatives:
  • fmt – Standard Unix tool, but lacks sophisticated handling of quoted text and indentation.
  • fold – Simply breaks lines at a fixed width without reflowing paragraphs or preserving structure.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Dec 24, 2025 12:21pm 1.53.0 0 VERSION_BUMP 2128303c
Jan 19, 2023 4:04pm 0 VERSION_BUMP f135fafa
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