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fold-original(1)
fold long lines
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
With the coreutil package (with the extra set), see fold(1) instead.
NAME
fold - fold long lines
SYNOPSIS
fold [ -w width | -width ] [ filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Fold the contents of the specified filenames, or the standard input if no files are specified, breaking the lines to have maximum width width. The default for width is 80. width should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should be expanded.
SEE ALSO
pr(1)
NOTES
Folding may not work correctly if underlining is present. The -width option is provided as a transition tool only. It will be removed in future releases.