fold(1) USER COMMANDS fold(1)
NAME
fold - fold long lines
SYNOPSIS
fold [ -w width | -width ] [ filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Fold the contents of the specified filenames, or the stan-
dard 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.
SEE ALSO
pr(1)
NOTES
Folding may not work correctly if underlining is present.
The -width option is provided as a transition tool only. It
will be removed in future releases.
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