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.TH FOLD UCB 2/24/79 UCB
.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 (UCB)
before coming to
.I fold.
.SH SEE\ ALSO
expand(UCB)
.SH AUTHOR
Bill Joy
.SH BUGS
If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.
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1d69d2db BJ	1	.TH FOLD UCB 2/24/79 UCB
	2	.SH NAME
	3	fold \- fold long lines for finite width output device
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B fold
	6	[
	7	\-width
	8	] [
	9	file ...
	10	]
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	.I Fold
	13	is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files,
	14	or the standard input if no files are specified,
	15	breaking the lines to have maximum width
	16	.I width.
	17	The default for
	18	.I width
	19	is 80.
	20	.I Width
	21	should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
	22	be expanded using
	23	.IR expand (UCB)
	24	before coming to
	25	.I fold.
	26	.SH SEE\ ALSO
	27	expand(UCB)
	28	.SH AUTHOR
	29	Bill Joy
	30	.SH BUGS
	31	If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.