fold.1 (701B)
1 .Dd October 8, 2015 2 .Dt FOLD 1 3 .Os sbase 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm fold 6 .Nd wrap lines to width 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm 9 .Op Fl bs 10 .Op Fl w Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num 11 .Op Ar file ... 12 .Sh DESCRIPTION 13 .Nm 14 reads each 15 .Ar file 16 and prints its lines wrapped such that no line 17 exceeds a certain width. 18 If no file is given, 19 .Nm 20 reads from stdin. 21 .Sh OPTIONS 22 .Bl -tag -width Ds 23 .It Fl b 24 Count bytes rather than characters. 25 .It Fl s 26 If a line contains spaces, break 27 at the last space within width. 28 .It Fl w Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num 29 Break at 30 .Ar num 31 characters. 32 The default is 80. 33 .El 34 .Sh STANDARDS 35 The 36 .Nm 37 utility is compliant with the 38 .St -p1003.1-2013 39 specification. 40 .Pp 41 The 42 .Op Fl Ns Ar num 43 syntax is an extension to that specification.