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fold: Fold lines in a fixed width.

fold

$ fold --width ${width} ${filename}

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The command you provided is using the fold command-line tool. Here is an explanation of each part of the command:

fold: It is a command-line utility in Unix-like operating systems that wraps lines in a text file to a specified width.
--width ${width}: This flag specifies the maximum width that each line should be wrapped to. ${width} is a variable that should be replaced with a specific numerical value.
${filename}: This should be replaced with the path and name of the file you want to apply the fold command to.

Overall, the command is used to wrap the lines in a text file to a specific width, ensuring that no line exceeds that width.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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