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fold — Folds long lines for fixed-width output devices. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/cor
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fold command: Folds long lines for fixed-width output devices. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/fold-invocation.html>.Solution
fold — Folds long lines for fixed-width output devices. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/fold-invocation.html>.Fold lines in a fixed width:
fold {{[-w|--width]}} {{width}} {{path/to/file}}Count width in bytes (the default is to count in columns):
fold {{[-b|--bytes]}} {{[-w|--width]}} {{width_in_bytes}} {{path/to/file}}Break the line after the rightmost blank within the width limit:
fold {{[-s|--spaces]}} {{[-w|--width]}} {{width}} {{path/to/file}}Code Snippets
Fold lines in a fixed width
fold {{[-w|--width]}} {{width}} {{path/to/file}}Count width in bytes (the default is to count in columns)
fold {{[-b|--bytes]}} {{[-w|--width]}} {{width_in_bytes}} {{path/to/file}}Break the line after the rightmost blank within the width limit
fold {{[-s|--spaces]}} {{[-w|--width]}} {{width}} {{path/to/file}}Context
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