The fold command in Linux is a utility that can be used to format a text file by wrapping lines to a specified width. Here are some examples of how fold might be used:

1. Wrapping lines to a width of 80 characters:

fold -w 80 input.txt > output.txt

2. Wrapping lines to a width of 40 characters and displaying the result on the screen:

fold -w 40 -s input.txt

3. Wrapping lines to a width of 20 characters and using the -b option to count bytes instead of columns:

fold -w 20 -b input.txt

4. Wrapping lines to a width of 20 characters and using the -s option to break lines at word boundaries:

fold -w 20 -s input.txt

5. Wrapping lines to a width of 20 characters and using the -c option to count columns instead of bytes.

fold -w 20 -c input.txt

Note that fold does not modify the original file, it either display the modified version in the terminal or redirect the output to a new file.

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