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Article #442Re: irix "fold" breaks words in the middle, any relief in sight???
From: Dave Olson
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 00:31
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 00:31
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fish@daacdev1.stx.com (John Vanderpool) writes: | 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?) No plans to add it that I know of, but it seems to me that this is no different than using "fmt"... -- The most beautiful things in the world are | Dave Olson those from which all excess weight has been | Silicon Graphics removed. -Henry Ford | olson@sgi.com
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