irix "fold" breaks words in the middle, any relief in sight???

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From: John Vanderpool
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 16:19

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the irix version of the "fold" command breaks words in the middle if
they fall where the break "-width" occurs.  hpux has an option called -s
which will:

      -s             Break the line on the last blank character found before
                     the specified number of column positions.  If none are
                     found, break the line at the specified line length.

this is VERY useful, any plans on a similar funtion in irix?  or i guess
i'll have to go get the GNU fold (does anyone know if it does it?  is it
in GNU fileutils?)

		thanx and happy new year,
			fish
--
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John R. Vanderpool      <fish@daacdev1.stx.com>

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From: fish@daacdev1.stx.com (John Vanderpool)
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