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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting [Solved] How to separate one line to mutiple line based on certain number of characters? Post 302817199 by Yoda on Wednesday 5th of June 2013 11:02:13 AM
Old 06-05-2013
You can use fold command:
Code:
fold -w4 file

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STG-PICK(1)							   StGit Manual 						       STG-PICK(1)

NAME
stg-pick - Import a patch from a different branch or a commit object SYNOPSIS
stg pick [options] ([<patch1>] [<patch2>] [<patch3>..<patch4>])|<commit> DESCRIPTION
Import one or more patches from a different branch or a commit object into the current series. By default, the name of the imported patch is used as the name of the current patch. It can be overridden with the --name option. A commit object can be reverted with the --revert option. The log and author information are those of the commit object. OPTIONS
-n NAME, --name NAME Use NAME as the patch name. -B REF-BRANCH, --ref-branch REF-BRANCH Pick patches from BRANCH. -r, --revert Revert the given commit object. -p COMMITID, --parent COMMITID Use COMMITID as parent. -x, --expose Append the imported commit id to the patch log. --fold Fold the commit object into the current patch. --update Like fold but only update the current patch files. -f FILE, --file FILE Only fold the given file (can be used multiple times). --unapplied Keep the patch unapplied. STGIT
Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1] StGit 03/13/2012 STG-PICK(1)
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