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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 POSIX.1-2013.
36 .Pp
37 The
38 .Op Fl Ns Ar num
39 syntax is an extension to that specification.