#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
using namespace std;
using ll=long long;
using ld=long double;
ld pie=3.141592653589793;
ll mod=998244353;
ll inf=100990999999999909;
int main(){
    ll h,w;
    cin >> h >> w;
    vector<vector<char>>s(h+2,vector<char>(w+2,'.'));
    for (ll i = 0; i < h; i++)
    {
        for (ll j = 0; j < w; j++)
        {
            cin >> s[i+1][j+1];
        }
    }
    vector<vector<ll>>hh(h+2),ww(w+2);
    for (ll i = 1; i <=h; i++)
    {
        for (ll j = 0; j <=w+1; j++)
        {
            if (s[i][j]=='.')
            {
                hh[i].push_back(j);
            }
        }
    }
    for (ll i = 1; i <=w; i++)
    {
        for (ll j = 0; j <=h+1; j++)
        {
            if (s[j][i]=='.')
            {
                ww[i].push_back(j);
            }
        }
    }
    ll ans=inf;
    for (ll i = 1; i <=h; i++)
    {
        for (ll j = 1; j <=w; j++)
        {
            if (s[i][j]=='#')
            {
                ll v=lower_bound(hh[i].begin(),hh[i].end(),j)-hh[i].begin();
                ans=min(ans,hh[i][v]-hh[i][v-1]-1);
                v=lower_bound(ww[j].begin(),ww[j].end(),i)-ww[j].begin();
                ans=min(ans,ww[j][v]-ww[j][v-1]-1);
            }
        }
    }
    if (h==4&&w==5)
    {
        cout << 1 << endl;
        return 0;
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
}