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NAME
       fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width

SYNOPSIS
       fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Wrap input lines in each FILE (standard input by default), writing to standard output.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -b, --bytes
              count bytes rather than columns

       -c, --characters
              count characters rather than columns

       -s, --spaces
              break at spaces

       -w, --width=WIDTH
              use WIDTH columns instead of 80

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       GNU  coreutils  online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report fold transla-
       tion bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright } 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for fold is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  fold
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'fold invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                         October 2018                                   FOLD(1)