Pr produces a printed listing of one or more files. The output is separated into pages headed by a date, the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number. If there are 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.
/pn Begin printing with page n.
/h Take the next argument as a page header.
/wn Take the width of the page to be n characters instead of the default 80.
/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.
/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 files simultaneously, each in one column.
/Tn Take the width of a tab character to be n instead of the default 8.
Note the following differences between UNIX pr(1) and PC-DOS pr:
+ The switch character may be changed from `/' to `-' by the documented methods.
+ The option structure follows the conventions established by AT&T for UNIX command options, enforced by the use of the getopt() function. Options that require arguments (such as /l) may have white space between the option and the argument or not. Several options may be concatenated behind a single `/' with no white space separating them.
+ More than 9 columns are not supported, or 15 files printed simultaneously.
+ The UNIX ¼+n| option is replaced by ¼/pn|.
EXAMPLE
pr /t /m filea fileb filec
will print out the three files simultaneously, each in one column, without headers.
(.txt)