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@(#)fold.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 04/17/91

C 7 C fold - fold long lines for finite width output device fold [ -w width ] [ file ... ] Fold is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files, or the standard input if no files are specified, breaking the lines to have maximum of 80 characters.

The options are as follows:

-w Specifies a line width to use instead of the default 80 characters. Width should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should be expanded using expand (1) before using fold .

expand(1) If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.