forcing a wraped output from the prompt

[Mike Hauber]

I seem to remember this question asked before (mayhaps a 
different OS), but I'm not finding it anywhere (my wording 
is off?)

Is there any way to force the output of a program to wrap at 
the console without redefining the console itself (ie, if I 
wanted to wrap the output of something like fortune to 30 
characters, how can I do that at the prompt)?

Thx.

Mike