FOLD(1) User Commands 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.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
fmt(1)
Full documentation
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) fold invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.5 August 2024 FOLD(1)