fold

Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to stdout. More information: <https://manned.org/fold.1p>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/fold.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Image Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/fold fold powered by Commando

Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to stdout. More information: <https://manned.org/fold.1p>.

  • Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):
    fold path/to/file
  • Wrap each line to width "30":
    fold -w30 path/to/file
  • Wrap each line to width "5" and break the line at spaces (puts each space separated word in a new line, words with length > 5 are wrapped):
    fold -w5 -s path/to/file

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