Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

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: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

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

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.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 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.