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fold - fold

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS 

NAME

fold − fold

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines

OPTIONS

−b, −−bytes

count using bytes rather than columns (meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially)

−s, −−spaces

break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut−off

−w, −−width <WIDTH>

set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se