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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 The Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
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2791ff57 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
4a81a0d7 | 5 | .\" |
05e12ae3 | 6 | .\" @(#)fold.1 6.5 (Berkeley) %G% |
a5e1fc21 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
9 | .Dt FOLD 1 | |
10 | .Os | |
11 | .Sh NAME | |
12 | .Nm fold | |
13 | .Nd "fold long lines for finite width output device" | |
14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
15 | .Nm fold | |
16 | .Op Fl w Ar width | |
17 | .Ar | |
18 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
19 | .Nm Fold | |
20 | is a filter which folds the contents of the specified files, | |
4a81a0d7 | 21 | or the standard input if no files are specified, |
c3eaf944 | 22 | breaking the lines to have maximum of 80 characters. |
05e12ae3 | 23 | .Pp |
c3eaf944 | 24 | The options are as follows: |
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25 | .Bl -tag -width indent |
26 | .It Fl w | |
c3eaf944 | 27 | Specifies a line width to use instead of the default 80 characters. |
05e12ae3 | 28 | .Ar Width |
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29 | should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should |
30 | be expanded using | |
05e12ae3 | 31 | .Xr expand 1 |
c3eaf944 | 32 | before using |
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33 | .Nm fold . |
34 | .El | |
35 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
36 | .Xr expand 1 | |
37 | .Sh BUGS | |
4a81a0d7 | 38 | If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding. |