PR(1)PR(1)

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 even number of pages, if necessary. 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)