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+# The `fold` command
+
+The `fold`  command in Linux wraps each line in an input file to fit a specified width and prints it to the standard output. 
+
+By default, it wraps lines at a maximum width of 80 columns but this is configurable. 
+
+To fold input using the fold command pass a file or standard input to the command.
+
+
+### Syntax:
+
+```
+fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...
+```
+
+### Options
+
+**-w** : By using this option in fold command, we can limit the width by number of columns.
+
+By using this command we change the column width from default width of 80.
+Syntax:
+
+```
+fold -w[n] [FILE]
+```
+ Example: wrap the lines of file1.txt to a width of 60 columns
+
+```
+fold -w60 file1.txt
+```
+
+
+**-b** : This option of fold command is used to limit the width of the output by the number of bytes rather than the number of columns. 
+
+By using this we can enforce the width of the output to the number of bytes.
+
+```
+fold -b[n] [FILE]
+```
+
+Example: limit the output width of the file to 40 bytes and the command breaks the output at 40 bytes.
+
+```
+fold -b40 file1.txt
+```
+
+**-s** : This option is used to break the lines on spaces so that words are not broken. 
+
+If a segment of the line contains a blank character within the first width column positions, break the line after the last such blank character meeting the width constraints.
+
+```
+fold -w[n] -s [FILE]
+```
+
+