Thus spake Frederik Vanrenterghem on Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 05:57:46PM +0200:
> Hi,
>
> <...>
>
> I would need to find a way to limit the number of characters per line
> fortune supplies. (Preferably by starting a new line on spaces of
> course, and not in the middle of a word).
>
> Any ideas how I could accomplish this?
I think fold(1) from textutils should do what you want:
$ echo 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' | fold --width=10
abcdefghij
klmnopqrst
uvwxyz
and between words too:
$ echo 'Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where we
lay our scene...' | fold -s --width=16
Two households,
both alike in
dignity, In
fair Verona
where we lay
our scene...
> Thanks in advance!
HTH,
Romain
--
I've been on this lonely road so long,
Does anybody know where it goes,
I remember last time the signs pointed home,
A month ago.
-- Carpenters, "Road Ode"
