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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 4a81a0d7 | 3 | .\" |
| 2791ff57 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
| 4a81a0d7 | 5 | .\" |
| 2791ff57 | 6 | .\" @(#)fold.1 6.4 (Berkeley) %G% |
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7 | .\" |
| 8 | .UC 7 | |
| 95e4d5b4 | 9 | .TH FOLD 1 "" |
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10 | .UC |
| 11 | .SH NAME | |
| 12 | fold \- fold long lines for finite width output device | |
| 13 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
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14 | .ft B |
| 15 | fold [ \-w width ] [ file ... ] | |
| 16 | .ft R | |
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17 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 18 | .I Fold | |
| 19 | is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files, | |
| 20 | or the standard input if no files are specified, | |
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21 | breaking the lines to have maximum of 80 characters. |
| 22 | .PP | |
| 23 | The options are as follows: | |
| 24 | .TP | |
| 25 | \-w | |
| 26 | Specifies a line width to use instead of the default 80 characters. | |
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27 | .I Width |
| 28 | should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should | |
| 29 | be expanded using | |
| 30 | .IR expand (1) | |
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31 | before using |
| 32 | .IR fold . | |
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33 | .SH SEE\ ALSO |
| 34 | expand(1) | |
| 35 | .SH BUGS | |
| 36 | If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding. |