Name

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.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

Report fold translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fold>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) fold invocation'

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2015 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 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.