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fold: wrap each input line to fit in specified width

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.

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.