NAME
fold
- fold long lines for finite width output device
SYNOPSIS
fold
[-bs]
[-w width]
DESCRIPTION
fold
is a filter which folds the contents of the specified files,
or the standard input if no files are specified,
breaking the lines to have maximum of 80 characters.
The options are as follows:
- -b
-
Count
width
in bytes rather than column positions.
- -s
-
Fold line after the last blank character within the first
width
column positions (or bytes).
- -w
-
Specifies a line width to use instead of the default 80 characters.
The
fold
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
expand(1)
STANDARDS
The
fold
utility conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'') .
BUGS
If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.
Width
should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
be expanded using
expand(1)
before using
.