fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width
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Copyright
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<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
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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
Name
fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width
Reporting Bugs
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See Also
fmt(1) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fold> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) fold invocation' GNU coreutils 9.5 April 2025 FOLD(1)
Synopsis
fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...
