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- FOLD(1L) FOLD(1L)
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- NAME
- fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width
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- SYNOPSIS
- fold [-bs] [-w width] [--bytes] [--spaces] [--width=width]
- [--help] [--version] [file...]
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- DESCRIPTION
- This manual page documents the GNU version of fold. fold
- prints the specified files, or the standard input when no
- files are given or the filename `-' is encountered, on the
- standard output. It breaks long lines into multiple
- shorter lines by inserting a newline at column 80. It
- counts screen columns, so tab characters usually take more
- than one column, backspace characters decrease the column
- count, and carriage return characters set the column count
- back to zero.
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- OPTIONS
- -b, --bytes
- Count bytes rather than columns, so that tabs,
- backspaces, and carriage returns are each counted
- as taking up one column, just like other charac-
- ters.
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- -s, --spaces
- Break at word boundaries. If the line contains any
- blanks, the line is broken after the last blank
- that falls within the maximum line length. If
- there are no blanks, the line is broken at the max-
- imum line length, as usual.
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- -w, --width width
- Use a maximum line length of width columns instead
- of 80.
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- --help Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
- tus.
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- --version
- Print version information on standard error then
- exit.
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