tldr/pages/common/fold.md

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fold

Wraps each line in an input file to fit a specified width and prints it to the standard output. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fold.

  • Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):

fold {{file}}

  • Wrap each line to width "30":

fold -w30 {{file}}

  • Wrap each line to width "5" and break the line at spaces (puts each space separated word in a new line, words with length > 5 are wrapped):

fold -w5 -s {{file}}