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18.UC 7
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20.UC
21.SH NAME
22fold \- fold long lines for finite width output device
23.SH SYNOPSIS
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24.ft B
25fold [ \-w width ] [ file ... ]
26.ft R
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27.SH DESCRIPTION
28.I Fold
29is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files,
30or the standard input if no files are specified,
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31breaking the lines to have maximum of 80 characters.
32.PP
33The options are as follows:
34.TP
35\-w
36Specifies a line width to use instead of the default 80 characters.
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37.I Width
38should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
39be expanded using
40.IR expand (1)
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41before using
42.IR fold .
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43.SH SEE\ ALSO
44expand(1)
45.SH BUGS
46If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.