FOLD(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, meet fold — aka FOLD(1) in the General Commands Manual, section 1 — and it is literally here to write each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines. no cap, that's the whole gig 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

that's the summoning circle. short, iconic, to the point 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

here's the vibe: fold writes each file — or standard input when you don't give it any files — to standard output, breaking long lines while it does its thing. it's giving “line wrangler with main character energy” 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -b, --bytes — counts using bytes rather than columns — meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially. yes, bestie, it said what it said 🫶
• -c, --characters — counts using character positions rather than display columns. character-counting girlies, this one's for you 💖
• -s, --spaces — breaks lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off. no mid-word chaos, periodt ✂️
• -w, --width <WIDTH> — sets WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80. choose your own line-length adventure 📏
• -h, --help — Print help. the “girl help” button, but useful 💀
• -V, --version — Print version. proof it's real 👑

🌈 VERSION 🌈

the version energy is v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0 — iconic, specific, and ready to fold 💜

mwah 💋 this page was brought to you by v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, dated 2026-09-17. now go break those long lines, bestie — you've got this 🫶💖