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- NAME
- pr - convert text files for printing
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- SYNOPSIS
- pr [+PAGE] [-COLUMN] [-abcdfFmrtv] [-e[in-tab-char[in-tab-
- width]]] [-h header] [-i[out-tab-char[out-tab-width]]] [-l
- page-length] [-n[number-separator[digits]]] [-o left-margin]
- [-s[column-separator]] [-w page-width] [file...]
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- DESCRIPTION
- This manual page documents the GNU version of pr. pr prints
- on the standard output a paginated and optionally mul-
- ticolumn copy of the text files given on the command line,
- or of the standard input if no files are given or when the
- file name `-' is encountered. Form feeds in the input cause
- page breaks in the output.
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- OPTIONS
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- +_✓P_✓A_✓G_✓E
- Begin printing with page _✓P_✓A_✓G_✓E.
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- -_✓C_✓O_✓L_✓U_✓M_✓N
- Produce _✓C_✓O_✓L_✓U_✓M_✓N-column output and print columns down.
- The column width is automatically decreased as _✓C_✓O_✓L_✓U_✓M_✓N
- increases; unless you use the -_✓w option to increase the
- page width as well, this option might cause some
- columns to be truncated.
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- -_✓a Print columns across rather than down.
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- -_✓b Balance columns on the last page.
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- -_✓c Print control characters using hat notation (e.g.,
- `^G'); print other unprintable characters in octal
- backslash notation.
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- -_✓d Double space the output.
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- -_✓e[_✓i_✓n-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓c_✓h_✓a_✓r[_✓i_✓n-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓w_✓i_✓d_✓t_✓h]]
- Expand tabs to spaces on input. Optional argument _✓i_✓n-
- _✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓c_✓h_✓a_✓r is the input tab character, default tab.
- Optional argument _✓i_✓n-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓w_✓i_✓d_✓t_✓h is the input tab
- character's width, default 8.
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- -_✓F, -_✓f
- Use a formfeed instead of newlines to separate output
- pages.
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- -_✓h _✓h_✓e_✓a_✓d_✓e_✓r
- Replace the filename in the header with the string
- _✓h_✓e_✓a_✓d_✓e_✓r.
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- -_✓i[_✓o_✓u_✓t-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓c_✓h_✓a_✓r[_✓o_✓u_✓t-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓w_✓i_✓d_✓t_✓h]]
- Replace spaces with tabs on output. Optional argument
- _✓o_✓u_✓t-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓c_✓h_✓a_✓r is the output tab character, default tab.
- Optional argument _✓o_✓u_✓t-_✓t_✓a_✓b-_✓w_✓i_✓d_✓t_✓h is the output tab
- character's width, default 8.
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- -_✓l _✓p_✓a_✓g_✓e-_✓l_✓e_✓n_✓g_✓t_✓h
- Set the page length to _✓p_✓a_✓g_✓e-_✓l_✓e_✓n_✓g_✓t_✓h lines. The default
- is 66. If _✓p_✓a_✓g_✓e-_✓l_✓e_✓n_✓g_✓t_✓h is less than 10, the headers and
- footers are omitted, as if the -_✓t option had been
- given.
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- -_✓m Print all files in parallel, one in each column.
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- -_✓n[_✓n_✓u_✓m_✓b_✓e_✓r-_✓s_✓e_✓p_✓a_✓r_✓a_✓t_✓o_✓r[_✓d_✓i_✓g_✓i_✓t_✓s]]
- Precede each column with a line number; with parallel
- files, precede each line with a line number. Optional
- argument _✓n_✓u_✓m_✓b_✓e_✓r-_✓s_✓e_✓p_✓a_✓r_✓a_✓t_✓o_✓r is the character to print
- after each number, default tab. Optional argument
- _✓d_✓i_✓g_✓i_✓t_✓s is the number of digits per line number, default
- 5.
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- -_✓o _✓l_✓e_✓f_✓t-_✓m_✓a_✓r_✓g_✓i_✓n
- Offset each line with a margin _✓l_✓e_✓f_✓t-_✓m_✓a_✓r_✓g_✓i_✓n spaces wide.
- The total page width is this offset plus the width set
- with the -_✓w option.
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- -_✓r Do not print a warning message when an argument file
- cannot be opened. Failure to open a file still makes
- the exit status nonzero, however.
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- -_✓s[_✓c_✓o_✓l_✓u_✓m_✓n-_✓s_✓e_✓p_✓a_✓r_✓a_✓t_✓o_✓r]
- Separate columns by the single character _✓c_✓o_✓l_✓u_✓m_✓n-
- _✓s_✓e_✓p_✓a_✓r_✓a_✓t_✓o_✓r, default tab, instead of spaces.
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- -_✓t Prevent the printing of the 5-line header and the 5-
- line trailer that are normally on each page.
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- -_✓v Print unprintable characters in octal backslash nota-
- tion.
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- -_✓w _✓p_✓a_✓g_✓e-_✓w_✓i_✓d_✓t_✓h
- Set the page width to _✓p_✓a_✓g_✓e-_✓w_✓i_✓d_✓t_✓h columns. The default
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