You could also try: fold -w128 juneissue >juneissue.txt <cr> that one might work. Actually both of these commands may have length limits smaller than what you want, I'm not familiar with source code for either program so can't say for sure. On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, Hart Larry wrote: > Thanks Jude, however, in running > fmt -127 < june-issue >june-issue.txt <cr> > it says > ambigious output redirect. > Maybe please also try here on shellworld, or maybe we need a later version of > fmt? Thanks in advance > Hart > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list