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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:43 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man1/fold.1 b/static/freebsd/man1/fold.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bffe9dae --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man1/fold.1 @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd October 29, 2020 +.Dt FOLD 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fold +.Nd "fold long lines for finite width output device" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl bs +.Op Fl w Ar width +.Op Ar +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility is a filter which folds the contents of the specified files, +or the standard input if no files are specified, +breaking the lines to have a maximum of 80 columns. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl b +Count +.Ar width +in bytes rather than column positions. +.It Fl s +Fold line after the last blank character within the first +.Ar width +column positions (or bytes). +.It Fl w Ar width +Specify a line width to use instead of the default 80 columns. +The +.Ar width +value +should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs should +be expanded using +.Xr expand 1 +before using +.Nm . +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The +.Ev LANG , LC_ALL +and +.Ev LC_CTYPE +environment variables affect the execution of +.Nm +as described in +.Xr environ 7 . +.Sh EXAMPLES +Fold text in standard input with a width of 20 columns: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ echo "I am smart enough to know that I am dumb" | fold -w 15 +I am smart enou +gh to know that + I am dumb +.Ed +.Pp +Same as above but breaking lines after the last blank character: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ echo "I am smart enough to know that I am dumb" | fold -s -w 15 +I am smart +enough to know +that I am dumb +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr expand 1 , +.Xr fmt 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Bx 1 . +It was rewritten for +.Bx 4.3 Reno +to improve speed and modernize style. +The +.Fl b +and +.Fl s +options were added to +.Nx 1.0 +for +.St -p1003.2 +compliance. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.An Bill Joy +wrote the original version of +.Nm +on June 28, 1977. +.An Kevin Ruddy +rewrote the command in 1990, and +.An J. T. Conklin +added the missing options in 1993. +.Sh BUGS +If underlining (see +.Xr ul 1 ) +is present it may be messed up by folding. |
