fold
Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to stdout
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More information: https://manned.org/fold.1p.
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Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):
fold {{path/to/file}}
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Wrap each line to width "30":
fold -w30 {{path/to/file}}
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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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