minix man page for width

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WIDTH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  WIDTH(1)

NAME
width - force all the lines of a file to a given width
SYNOPSIS
width [-n [ infile [outfile]
OPTIONS
-n Outline line size
EXAMPLES
width -60 x y # Copy x to y, force lines to 60 cols width x # Copy default (80) column lines to stdout
DESCRIPTION
The input file is copied to the output file. All lines are forced to a given size (default: 80 columns) by padding with spaces or truncat- ing. Tabs are expanded to spaces.
SEE ALSO
fold(1). WIDTH(1)
Related Man Pages
fold(1) - linux
fmt(1) - suse
fold(1) - netbsd
fold(1) - osx
fold(1) - freebsd
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