FOLD(1,C)                   AIX Commands Reference                    FOLD(1,C)



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fold



PURPOSE

fold long lines for finite width output device.

SYNTAX


        +----------+
fold ---|          |--- file ---|
        +- -width -+


DESCRIPTION

The fold command is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified
files, or the standard input if no files are specified, breaking the lines to
have maximum width width.  The default for width is 80.  Width should be a
multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should be expanded using
expand(1) before using fold.

If overstrikes such as underlining are present, fold may truncate line
inappropriately.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "tab, untab, expand, unexpand."
























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