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.TH FOLD 1 "24 February 1979"
.UC
.SH NAME
fold \- fold long lines for finite width output device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fold
[
\-width
] [
file ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Fold
is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files,
or the standard input if no files are specified,
breaking the lines to have maximum width
.I width.
The default for
.I width
is 80.
.I Width
should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
be expanded using
.IR expand (1)
before coming to
.I fold.
.SH SEE\ ALSO
expand(1)
.SH BUGS
If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.
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d8649de5 C	1	.TH FOLD 1 "24 February 1979"
	2	.UC
	3	.SH NAME
	4	fold \- fold long lines for finite width output device
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B fold
	7	[
	8	\-width
	9	] [
	10	file ...
	11	]
	12	.SH DESCRIPTION
	13	.I Fold
	14	is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files,
	15	or the standard input if no files are specified,
	16	breaking the lines to have maximum width
	17	.I width.
	18	The default for
	19	.I width
	20	is 80.
	21	.I Width
	22	should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
	23	be expanded using
	24	.IR expand (1)
	25	before coming to
	26	.I fold.
	27	.SH SEE\ ALSO
	28	expand(1)
	29	.SH BUGS
	30	If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.