NAME


fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width

SYNOPSIS


fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

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
-c, --characters
 count characters 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


Report fold bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 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.

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.

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