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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 17 2024 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 18 2024 $
.Dt ESV 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.It Fl h
Include headings (the default).
.It Fl l Ar length
Limit the width of text passage lines at
Limit the length of lines in passages at
.Ar length
characters. If
.Ar length
is 0, do not limit them at all.
is 0, do not set a limit on line length.
.Pp
If this option is not given,
the line length limit will fall back on the value provided in
the configuration file;
see
.Xr esv.conf 5 .
.Pp
If there is no value present in the configuration file,
.Nm
will get the width of the terminal,
and will use this as the line length limit,
unless the terminal's width is greater than 78,
in which case the line length limit will be set to 78.
This heuristic exists for readability purposes,
and you can always override it by specifying your preference in
.Xr esv.conf 5 .
.It Fl N
Exclude verse numbers.
.It Fl n