FOLD(1)                     General Commands Manual                    FOLD(1)

NAME
       fold - Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to
       standard output whilst breaking long lines

SYNOPSIS
       fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard
       output whilst breaking long lines

OPTIONS
       -b, --bytes
              count using bytes rather than columns (meaning control
              characters such as newline are not treated specially)

       -c, --characters
              count using character positions rather than display columns

       -s, --spaces
              break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off

       -w, --width <WIDTH>
              set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0

                                  2026-09-01                           FOLD(1)