fold.1 (696B)
- .Dd 2015-10-08
- .Dt FOLD 1
- .Os sbase
- .Sh NAME
- .Nm fold
- .Nd wrap lines to width
- .Sh SYNOPSIS
- .Nm
- .Op Fl bs
- .Op Fl w Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
- .Op Ar file ...
- .Sh DESCRIPTION
- .Nm
- reads each
- .Ar file
- and prints its lines wrapped such that no line
- exceeds a certain width.
- If no file is given,
- .Nm
- reads from stdin.
- .Sh OPTIONS
- .Bl -tag -width Ds
- .It Fl b
- Count bytes rather than characters.
- .It Fl s
- If a line contains spaces, break
- at the last space within width.
- .It Fl w Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
- Break at
- .Ar num
- characters.
- The default is 80.
- .El
- .Sh STANDARDS
- The
- .Nm
- utility is compliant with the
- .St -p1003.1-2013
- specification.
- .Pp
- The
- .Op Fl Ns Ar num
- syntax is an extension to that specification.