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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)fold.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
33c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
3513e06695STim J. Robbins.Dd April 17, 2002
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt FOLD 1
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm fold
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd "fold long lines for finite width output device"
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
428fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
4313e06695STim J. Robbins.Op Fl bs
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl w Ar width
451fec918bSDima Dorfman.Op Ar
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Fold
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis a filter which folds the contents of the specified files,
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor the standard input if no files are specified,
5014fa6ac8SMurray Stokelybreaking the lines to have a maximum of 80 characters.
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
52a9c9a0d1SPhilippe CharnierThe following option is available:
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width indent
5413e06695STim J. Robbins.It Fl b
5513e06695STim J. RobbinsCount
5613e06695STim J. Robbins.Ar width
5713e06695STim J. Robbinsin bytes rather than column positions.
5813e06695STim J. Robbins.It Fl s
5913e06695STim J. RobbinsFold line after the last blank character within the first
6013e06695STim J. Robbins.Ar width
6113e06695STim J. Robbinscolumn positions (or bytes).
62a9c9a0d1SPhilippe Charnier.It Fl w Ar width
63a9c9a0d1SPhilippe CharnierSpecify a line width to use instead of the default 80 characters.
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar Width
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimesshould be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe expanded using
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr expand 1
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbefore using
698fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm .
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
729b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr expand 1
7313e06695STim J. Robbins.Sh STANDARDS
7413e06695STim J. RobbinsThe
7513e06695STim J. Robbins.Nm
7613e06695STim J. Robbinsutility conforms to
7713e06695STim J. Robbins.St -p1003.1-2001 .
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh BUGS
799b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.
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