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.TH FOLD 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
fold \- Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given)
to standard output whilst breaking long lines
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBfold\fR [OPTION]... [FILE]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given)
to standard output whilst breaking long lines
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR
count using bytes rather than columns (meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially)
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-characters\fR
count using character positions rather than display columns
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-spaces\fR
break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut\-off
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR \fI<WIDTH>\fR
set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0