Technical Notes

Manpages - fold.1

NAME

fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width

SYNOPSIS

fold [/OPTION/]… [/FILE/]…

DESCRIPTION

Wrap input lines in each FILE, writing to standard output.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-b, –bytes
count bytes rather than columns
-s, –spaces
break at spaces
-w, *–width*=/WIDTH/
use WIDTH columns instead of 80
–help
display this help and exit
–version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

*fmt*(1)

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