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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).

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