Manual: fold

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

SYNOPSIS
       fold [-b|--bytes] [-c|--characters] [-s|--spaces] [-w|--width] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [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)

       -c, --characters
	      count using character positions rather than display columns

       -s, --spaces
	      break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off

       -w, --width 
	      set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

						 2026-04-16					     FOLD(1)