FOLD(1) General Commands Manual FOLD(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

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

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**fold** \[OPTION]... \[FILE]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

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

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-b**, **--bytes**](#b)

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

[**-c**, **--characters**](#c)

count using character positions rather than display columns

[**-s**, **--spaces**](#s)

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

[**-w**, **--width** *<WIDTH>*](#w)

set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-29

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Document: fold(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r5 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils