PR

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.

Written by Pete TerMaat and Roland Huebner.

Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

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.

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.