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authorFernando ApesteguĂ­a <fernape@FreeBSD.org>2020-10-29 18:39:04 +0000
committerFernando ApesteguĂ­a <fernape@FreeBSD.org>2020-10-29 18:39:04 +0000
commitb139a8fa79c1e49104b892c02f821275cd6d8423 (patch)
treeaff9b7455f8956a9141abf3a8a7e895f25a16e6a /usr.bin/fold
parent22d3f87c80e7564c450a5fff0a08ea9711a6600d (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.bin/fold/fold.1 b/usr.bin/fold/fold.1
index c4e75b642be2..78dc1848db95 100644
--- a/usr.bin/fold/fold.1
+++ b/usr.bin/fold/fold.1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)fold.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 6, 2015
+.Dd October 29, 2020
.Dt FOLD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ environment variables affect the execution of
.Nm
as described in
.Xr environ 7 .
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Fold text in standard input with a width of 20 columns:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo "I am smart enough to know that I am dumb" | fold -w 15
+I am smart enou
+gh to know that
+ I am dumb
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Same as above but breaking lines after the last blank character:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo "I am smart enough to know that I am dumb" | fold -s -w 15
+I am smart
+enough to know
+that I am dumb
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr expand 1 ,
.Xr fmt 1