fold(1) General Commands Manual fold(1) NAME fold - Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines SYNOPSIS fold [-b|--bytes] [-s|--spaces] [-w|--width] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file] DESCRIPTION Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines OPTIONS -b, --bytes count using bytes rather than columns (meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially) -s, --spaces break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off -w, --width=WIDTH set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80 -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version VERSION v0.0.29 fold 0.0.29 fold(1)