No such option in OpenLDAP 2.4.23 as delivered with RHEL 6. man ldapsearch shows the only general option documented is nettimeout ?? On 10/28/2012 3:45 PM, Pierangelo Masarati wrote: > Use ldapsearch -o ldif-wrap=no instead. > > p. > >> Full_Name: >> Version: >> OS: >> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ >> Submission from: (NULL) (96.228.233.77) >> >> >> RFC 2849 states: >> >> 2) Any non-empty line, including comment lines, in an LDIF file >> MAY be folded by inserting a line separator (SEP) and a >> SPACE. >> Folding MUST NOT occur before the first character of the >> line. >> In other words, folding a line into two lines, the first of >> which is empty, is not permitted. Any line that begins with >> a >> single space MUST be treated as a continuation of the >> previous >> (non-empty) line. When joining folded lines, exactly one >> space >> character at the beginning of each continued line must be >> discarded. Implementations SHOULD NOT fold lines in the >> middle >> of a multi-byte UTF-8 character. >> >> OpenLDAP (ldapsearch at least) has taken implemented that folding >> behavior for LDIF output. >> >> This causes trouble for anyone trying to use 'ldapsearch | grep >> <something>' >> for one simple example. >> >> Would you accept a patch to allow an option which disables line >> folding? >> >> >> >> > >