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fold (1g)

Name

fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width

Synopsis

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

Description




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 (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

     -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/core-
     utils/>
     General help using GNU  software:  <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report  fold  translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2012 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  redis-
     tribute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:



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     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
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.



NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open  source  community  website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.




























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