FOLD

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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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report fold translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 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.