Linux fold Command

What is Linux fold Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use fold command in Linux. fold command is fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width.

fold Syntax#

fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...

fold Examples#

fold Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of fold command. fold command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for fold command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man fold

To open info page for fold command we can use command below.

info fold

To open help page from fold command we can run command below.

fold --help

Linux fold Command Source Code#

You can find fold command source code from the folowing repositories:

• fold source code on GitHub
• fold source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• fold source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use fold in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.