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Luk Vandenbussche
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‎12-22-2004 09:05 PM

‎12-22-2004 09:05 PM

Split a file existing one long line in several lines

I have a file with one long line, without any carriage return (0A)

How can I put a carriage return after each 80 positions?
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harry d brown jr
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‎12-22-2004 09:08 PM

‎12-22-2004 09:08 PM

Re: Split a file existing one long line in several lines

have you tried dd? man dd

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Ralph Grothe
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‎12-22-2004 09:25 PM

‎12-22-2004 09:25 PM

Solution

Re: Split a file existing one long line in several lines

man fold
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Luk Vandenbussche
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‎12-22-2004 09:33 PM

‎12-22-2004 09:33 PM

Re: Split a file existing one long line in several lines

Fold is the solution.

Thx
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