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fold — Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to `stdout`. More information:

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Problem

How to use the fold command: Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to stdout. More information: <https://manned.org/fold.1p>.

Solution

fold — Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to stdout. More information: <https://manned.org/fold.1p>.

Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):

fold {{path/to/file}}

Wrap each line to width "30":

fold -w30 {{path/to/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 {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Wrap each line to default width (80 characters)

fold {{path/to/file}}

Wrap each line to width "30"

fold -w30 {{path/to/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 {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/fold

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