fold(1)

✨ fold — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to fold(1) 💖 this is the fold page from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? she's a little icon. underrated. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fold — writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines

like. that's it. that's the whole job. she takes your ridiculously long lines and she folds them. iconic behavior. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

fold [-b|--bytes] [-c|--characters] [-s|--spaces] [-w|--width]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file]

literally just look at her. so simple. so slay. you pass a file or you don't (she'll read standard input, she's flexible like that 🦋).

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines.

okay so real talk — fold reads your file(s), and for every file she writes it straight to standard output, except she breaks the long lines so nothing runs off the edge of your terminal like it's fleeing the scene 😭. no files given? she just reads standard input instead. she's not picky, she's just helpful. main character energy fr fr. ✨

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -b, --bytes — count using bytes rather than columns. meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially. she's counting raw bytes, bestie, she does not care about your pretty display.
• -c, --characters — count using character positions rather than display columns. characters, not columns. different vibe entirely. 🧚
• -s, --spaces — break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off. so instead of chopping a word in half like a menace 💀 she politely breaks where the spaces are. taste! manners! we love to see it.
• -w, --width <WIDTH> — set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80. yes queen, choose your own destiny. default is 80 if you don't say anything. 👑
• -h, --help — Print help. she'll tell you how to use her. communication skills? immaculate.
• -V, --version — Print version. proof of who she is. 🎀

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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heads up bestie: nothing here is dangerous, don't stress — but remember -b and -c genuinely change how she counts, and -s genuinely changes where she cuts. that's not a vibe, that's the actual behavior. read the flag, respect the flag. 💜

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and that's the whole page, no notes, she ate and left no crumbs 🍓

byeee, this was fold from uutils coreutils, version 0.7.0 — go fold something long, you got this 🫶✨🌸