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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

       -c, --characters
	      count characters 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/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 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.

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.

GNU coreutils 7.1						     July 2010								   FOLD(1)