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

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From: Kevin Luster
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 01:22

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In article <3e28pd$1ju@gazette.engr.sgi.com>,
Dave Olson <olson@anchor.engr.sgi.com> wrote:
>No plans to add it that I know of, but it seems to me that this is
>no different than using "fmt"...

I think the difference is that HP fold with the magic option will
produce lines which are always less than or equal to your desired
width, while fmt does not. fold will break in the middle of a sequence
of characters if there is no way to do a proper word break, fmt will
leave the string alone and pass a line wider than your desired width.

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From: kluster@goth.engr.sgi.com (Kevin Luster)
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Subject: Re: irix "fold" breaks words in the middle, any relief in sight???
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