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From: mchinni@pica.army.mil (Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re:  line length
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Date: 10 May 89 14:12:27 GMT
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In article <160@ohsu-hcx.UUCP>, mkb@ohsu-hcx.UUCP (Marilyn Bushway) writes:
> If I have output of 132 characters and I want it to be 80 characters
> is there a unix command to change the line length???
> nosun!ohsu-hcx!mkb
> or 
> tektronix!ohsu-hcx!mkb
> or nosun!ohsu-hcx!mkb@rutgers.edu
> Thanks in advance
> Marilyn
> 
> -- 
> Marilyn Bushway  3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd. Portland, OR  97201
> (503) 279-8328   e-mail  {nosun,tektronix,ogccse,qiclab} ohsu-hcx!mkb

On all UNIX systems I have seen, there is a command called "fold" which will do
this for you (assuming you want each 132char. line to become a 80char. line and
a 52 char. line).  If you just want to throw away the extra 52 characters, try
"cut -c1-80".

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