The default width is 80 columns. -w/--width selects a positive width;the traditional -WIDTH spelling is also accepted. -b/--bytes countsbytes, -c/--characters selects C-locale characters, and -s/--spacesbreaks after the last available space or tab without dropping it. Long wordsare split when necessary. In column mode, tabs advance to the next eight-columnstop, backspace moves back, and carriage return resets the column.
Files are processed in operand order. No file, or -, reads stdin. Anunterminated final line stays unterminated. Input bytes, including NUL andinvalid UTF-8, are preserved. Locale-dependent Unicode display widths andmultibyte character counting are outside the current C-locale profile.--help and --version are available. Errors return status 1.