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I want to display a welcome message in the start of my script:

echo "Running $0 $@"

But $@ might be very long. How can I break this line into multiple up-to-80 character lines?

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answered 1 Year ago barted · Accepted Answer

Use fold.

echo "Running $0 $@" | fold -sw 80

-s wraps on spaces.
-w 80 sets width to 80 columns.