FOLD(1)				User Commands			      FOLD(1)



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

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



fold (coreutils) 5.2.1		 August 2006			      FOLD(1)

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