uu-fold(1)

uu-fold1

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

Usage

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

Overview

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

Options

-b, --bytes

count using bytes rather than columns (meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially)

-c, --characters

count using character positions rather than display columns

-s, --spaces

break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off

-w, --width <WIDTH>

set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.