NAME

pr − print file

SYNOPSIS

­pr [ ­option ...  ] [ ­file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

­Pr produces a printed listing of one or more ­files on its standard output.  The output is separated into pages headed by a date, the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number.  With no file arguments, ­pr prints its standard input. 

Options apply to all following files but may be reset between files:

-n Produce n-column output.

+n Begin printing with page n.

­-b Balance columns on last page, in case of multi-column output. 

­-d Double space. 

-en Set the tab stops for input text every ­n spaces. 

­-h Take the next argument as a page header (file by default). 

-in Replace sequences of blanks in the output by tabs, using tab stops set every ­n spaces. 

-f Use form feeds to separate pages. 

-ln Take the length of the page to be ­n lines instead of the default 66. 

­-m Print all ­files simultaneously, each in one column. 

-nm Number the lines of each file. The numeric argument m, default 5, sets the width of the line-number field.

-on Offset the left margin ­n character positions. 

-p Pad each file printed to an odd number of pages.  For two-sided printers, this will ensure each file will start a new page. 

-sc Separate columns by the single character ­c instead of aligning them with white space.  A missing ­c is taken to be a tab. 

­-t Do not print the 5-line header or the 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page. 

-wn For multi-column output, take the width of the page to be ­n characters instead of the default 72. 

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/pr.c

SEE ALSO

cat(1), lp(1)

Plan 9  —  March 15, 2001