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pr - convert text files for printing
pr [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Paginate or columnate FILE(s) for printing.
- +FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE], --pages=FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE]
- begin [stop] printing with page FIRST_[LAST_]PAGE
- -COLUMN, --columns=COLUMN
- produce COLUMN-column output and print columns down,
- unless -a is used. Balance
number of lines in the columns on each page.
- -a, --across
- print columns across
rather than down, used together with -COLUMN
- -c, --show-control-chars
- use hat
notation (^G) and octal backslash notation
- -d, --double-space
- double space the
output
- -e[CHAR[WIDTH]], --expand-tabs[=CHAR[WIDTH]]
- expand input CHARs (TABs)
to tab WIDTH (8)
- -F, -f, --form-feed
- use form feeds instead of newlines to separate
pages
- (by a 3-line page header with -F or a 5-line header and trailer without
-F)
- -h HEADER, --header=HEADER
- use a centered HEADER instead of filename in
page header,
- with long headers left-hand-side truncation may occur, -h ""
prints a blank line, don't use -h""
- -i[CHAR[WIDTH]], --output-tabs[=CHAR[WIDTH]]
- replace spaces with CHARs (TABs) to tab WIDTH (8)
- -J, --join-lines
- merge full
lines, turns off -W line truncation, no column alignment, -S[STRING] sets
separators
- -l PAGE_LENGTH, --length=PAGE_LENGTH
- set the page length to PAGE_LENGTH
(66) lines
- (default number of lines of text 56, and with -F 63)
- -m, --merge
- print all files in parallel, one in each column, truncate lines, but join
lines of full length with -J
- -n[SEP[DIGITS]], --number-lines[=SEP[DIGITS]]
- number
lines, use DIGITS (5)
digits, then SEP (TAB),
- default counting starts with
1st line of input file
- -N NUMBER, --first-line-number=NUMBER
- start counting
with NUMBER at 1st line of first
- page printed (see +FIRST_PAGE)
- -o MARGIN,
--indent=MARGIN
- offset each line with MARGIN (zero) spaces, do not
- affect
-w or -W, MARGIN will be added to PAGE_WIDTH
- -r, --no-file-warnings
- omit warning
when a file cannot be opened
- -s[CHAR],--separator[=CHAR]
- separate columns
by a single character, default for CHAR
- is the <TAB> character without -w
and 'no char' with -w -s[CHAR] turns off line truncation of all 3 column options
(-COLUMN|-a -COLUMN|-m) except -w is set
- -S[STRING], --sep-string[=STRING]
- separate
columns by an optional STRING, don't use
- -S "STRING", -S only: No separator
used (same as -S""), without -S: Default separator <TAB> with -J and <space> otherwise
(same as -S" "), no effect on column options
- -t, --omit-header omit page headers
and trailers
- -T, --omit-pagination
- omit page headers and trailers, eliminate
any pagination
- by form feeds set in input files
- -v, --show-nonprinting
- use
octal backslash notation
- -w PAGE_WIDTH, --width=PAGE_WIDTH
- set page width
to PAGE_WIDTH (72) characters for
- multiple text-column output only, -s[char]
turns off (72)
- -W PAGE_WIDTH, --page-width=PAGE_WIDTH
- set page width to PAGE_WIDTH
(72) characters always,
- truncate lines, except -J option is set, no interference
with -S or -s
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information
and exit
-T implied by -l nn when nn <= 10 or <= 3 with -F. With no FILE, or
when FILE is -, read standard input.
Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
The full documentation for pr is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and pr programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info pr
should give you access to the complete manual.
Copyright
© 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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