NAME

pr − print file(s), possibly in multiple columns

SYNOPSIS

pr [ −n ] [ +n ] [ −h string ] [ −wn ] [ −f ] [ −ln ] [ −t ] [ −sn ] [ −m ] [ file ] ...

DESCRIPTION

Pr prepares one or more files’s for printing.  The output is separated into pages headed by a date, the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number. Pr prints its standard input if there are no file arguments. 

Inter-terminal messages via write(1) are forbidden during a pr.

OPTIONS

Options apply to all following file’s but may be reset between file’s:

−n Produce n-column output.  This option overrides the −t option (see below). 

+n Begin printing with page n.

−h string
Use string as a header for the page instead of the default header. 

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

−f Use formfeeds instead of newlines to separate pages.  A formfeed is assumed to use up two blank lines at the top of a page.  Thus this option does not affect the effective page length. 

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

−t Do not print the 5-line header or the 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.  Formfeed characters are not generated when this option is used, even if the −f option was used.  The −t option is intended for applications where the results should be directed to a file for further processing. 

−sc Separate columns by the single character c instead of by the appropriate amount of white space.  A missing c is taken to be a tab. 

−m Print all file’s simultaneously, each in one column,

EXAMPLES

Print a file called dreadnaught on the printer — this is the simplest use of pr:

krypton% pr  dreadnaught | lpr
krypton%

Produce three laminations of a file called ridings side by side in the output, with no headers or trailers, the results to appear in the file called Yorkshire:

krypton% pr  −m −t ridings ridings ridings > Yorkshire
krypton%

FILES

/dev/tty?  to suspend messages. 

SEE ALSO

cat(1), lpr(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

There are no diagnostics when pr is printing on a terminal. 

BUGS

The options described above interact with each other in strange and as yet to be defined ways. 

Sun Release 1.1  —  Last change: 16 February 1984