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36 .Nd "fold long lines for finite width output device"
45 utility is a filter which folds the contents of the specified files,
46 or the standard input if no files are specified,
47 breaking the lines to have a maximum of 80 columns.
49 The options are as follows:
50 .Bl -tag -width indent
54 in bytes rather than column positions.
56 Fold line after the last blank character within the first
58 column positions (or bytes).
60 Specify a line width to use instead of the default 80 columns.
64 should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should
75 environment variables affect the execution of
90 utility first appeared in
94 to improve speed and modernize style.
107 wrote the original version of
111 rewrote the command in 1990, and
113 added the missing options in 1993.
117 is present it may be messed up by folding.