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

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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  redistri-
     bute  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



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