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fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width

SYNOPSIS

fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

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

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

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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'

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