fold

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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: 
       General help using GNU software: 

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  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

              info coreutils 'fold invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 7.4               September 2010                         FOLD(1)