FOLD(1) BSD General Commands Manual FOLD(1)
NAME
fold -- fold long lines for finite width output device
SYNOPSIS
fold [-bs] [-w width] [file ...]
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
a 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 width Specifies width to use as a line width, instead of the default 80 characters.
ENVIRONMENT
LC_CTYPE
EXIT STATUS
The fold utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
expand(1), fmt(1)
STANDARDS
The fold utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1'').
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 fold.
BSD
September 15, 2011 BSD
