fold

Wraps each line in an input file to fit a specified width and prints it to the standard output.

More information.

• Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):

fold {file}

• Wrap each line to width "30":

fold -w30 {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 {file}

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