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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
95e4d5b4 | 5 | .\" @(#)fold.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
4a81a0d7 | 6 | .\" |
95e4d5b4 | 7 | .TH FOLD 1 "" |
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8 | .UC |
9 | .SH NAME | |
10 | fold \- fold long lines for finite width output device | |
11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
12 | .B fold | |
13 | [ | |
14 | \-width | |
15 | ] [ | |
16 | file ... | |
17 | ] | |
18 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
19 | .I Fold | |
20 | is a filter which will fold the contents of the specified files, | |
21 | or the standard input if no files are specified, | |
22 | breaking the lines to have maximum width | |
23 | .I width. | |
24 | The default for | |
25 | .I width | |
26 | is 80. | |
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) | |
31 | before coming to | |
32 | .I fold. | |
33 | .SH SEE\ ALSO | |
34 | expand(1) | |
35 | .SH BUGS | |
36 | If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding. |