PR(1) PR(1) NAME pr - print files SYNOPSIS pr [[-column] [-wwidth] [-a]] [-eck] [-ick] [-drtfp] [+page] [-nck] [-ooffset] [-llength] [-sseparator] [-hheader] [file ...] pr [[-m] [-wwidth]] [-eck] [-ick] [-drtfp] [+page] [-nck] [-ooffset] [-llength] [-sseparator] [-hheader] file1 file2 ... DESCRIPTION pr is used to format and print the contents of a file. If file is -, or if no files are specified, pr assumes standard input. pr prints the named files on standard output. By default, the listing is separated into pages, each headed by the page number, the date and time that the file was last modified, and the name of the file. Page length is 66 lines which includes 10 lines of header and trailer output. The header is composed of 2 blank lines, 1 line of text ( can be altered with -h), and 2 blank lines; the trailer is 5 blank lines. For single column output, line width may not be set and is unlimited. For multicolumn output, line width may be set and the default is 72 columns. Diagnostic reports (failed options) are reported at the end of standard output associated with a terminal, rather than interspersed in the output. Pages are separated by series of line feeds rather than form feed characters. By default, columns are of equal width, separated by at least one space; lines which do not fit are truncated. If the -s option is used, lines are not truncated and columns are separated by the separator character. Either -column or -m should be used to produce multi-column output. -a should only be used with -column and not -m. Command line options are +page Begin printing with page numbered page (default is 1). -column Print column columns of output (default is 1). Output appears as if -e and -i are turned on for multi-column output. May not use with -m. -a Print multi-column output across the page one line per column. columns must be greater than one. If a line is too long to fit in a column, it is truncated. -m Merge and print all files simultaneously, one per column. The maximum number of files that may be specified is eight. If a line is too long to fit in a column, it is truncated. May not use with -column. -d Double-space the output. Blank lines that result from double- spacing are dropped when they occur at the top of a page. -eck Expand input tabs to character positions k+1, 2*k+1, 3*k+1, etc. If k is 0 or is omitted, default tab settings at every eighth position are assumed. Tab characters in the input are expanded into the appropriate number of spaces. If c (any non-digit character) is given, it is treated as the input tab character (default for c is the tab character). -ick In output, replace white space wherever possible by inserting tabs to character positions k+1, 2*k+1, 3*k+1, etc. If k is 0 or is omitted, default tab settings at every eighth position are assumed. If c (any non-digit character) is given, it is treated as the output tab character (default for c is the tab character). -nck Provide k-digit line numbering (default for k is 5). The number occupies the first k+1 character positions of each column of single column output or each line of -m output. If c (any non-digit character) is given, it is appended to the line number to separate it from whatever follows (default for c is a tab). -wwidth Set the width of a line to width character positions (default is 72). This is effective only for multi-column output (- column and -m). There is no line limit for single column output. -ooffset Offset each line by offset character positions (default is 0). The number of character positions per line is the sum of the width and offset. -llength Set the length of a page to length lines (default is 66). -l0 is reset to -l66. When the value of length is 10 or less, -t appears to be in effect since headers and trailers are suppressed. By default, output contains 5 lines of header and 5 lines of trailer leaving 56 lines for user-supplied text. When -llength is used and length exceeds 10, then length-10 lines are left per page for user supplied text. When length is 10 or less, header and trailer output is omitted to make room for user supplied text. -h header Use header as the text line of the header to be printed instead of the file name. -h is ignored when -t is specified or -llength is specified and the value of length is 10 or less. (-h is the only pr option requiring space between the option and argument.) -p Pause before beginning each page if the output is directed to a terminal (pr will ring the bell at the terminal and wait for a carriage return). -f Use single form-feed character for new pages (default is to use a sequence of line-feeds). Pause before beginning the first page if the standard output is associated with a terminal. -r Print no diagnostic reports on files that will not open. -t Print neither the five-line identifying header nor the five- line trailer normally supplied for each page. Quit printing after the last line of each file without spacing to the end of the page. Use of -t overrides the -h option. -sseparator Separate columns by the single character separator instead of by the appropriate number of spaces (default for separator is a tab). Prevents truncation of lines on multicolumn output unless -w is specified. EXAMPLES Print file1 and file2 as a double-spaced, three-column listing headed by ``file list'': pr -3dh "file list" file1 file2 Copy file1 to file2, expanding tabs to columns 10, 19, 28, 37, ... : pr -e9 -t <file1 >file2 Print file1 and file2 simultaneously in a two-column listing with no header or trailer where both columns have line numbers: pr -t -n file1 | pr -t -m -n file2 - FILES /dev/tty* If standard output is directed to one of the special files /dev/tty*, then other output directed to this terminal is delayed until standard output is completed. This prevents error messages from being interspersed throughout the output. SEE ALSO cat(1), fold(1), pg(1). Page 3