fold
wrap each input line to fit in specified width
Synopsis
fold
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
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description
Wrap input
lines in each FILE (standard input by default), writing to
standard output.
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
copyright
Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
reporting bugs
Report fold bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report fold translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
see also
The full
documentation for fold is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and fold programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info
coreutils 'fold invocation'
should give you
access to the complete manual.
author
Written by
David MacKenzie.