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User Commands                                               PR(1)



NAME
     pr - convert text files for printing

SYNOPSIS
     pr [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
     Paginate or columnate FILE(s) for printing.

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for  short
     options too.

     +FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE], --pages=FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE]
          begin [stop] printing with page FIRST_[LAST_]PAGE

     -COLUMN, --columns=COLUMN
          output COLUMN columns 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

     -D, --date-format=FORMAT
          use FORMAT for the header date

     -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
          use a centered  HEADER  instead  of  filename  in  page
          header, -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, --sep-string[=STRING] sets separators




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     -l, --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,  trun-
          cate 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, --first-line-number=NUMBER
          start counting with NUMBER at 1st line  of  first  page
          printed (see +FIRST_PAGE)

     -o, --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   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

     -SSTRING, --sep-string[=STRING]
          separate columns by STRING, without -S: Default separa-
          tor    with  -J and  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  pagina-
          tion by form feeds set in input files

     -v, --show-nonprinting
          use octal backslash notation

     -w, --width=PAGE_WIDTH
          set page width to PAGE_WIDTH (72) characters for multi-
          ple text-column output only, -s[char] turns off (72)

     -W, --page-width=PAGE_WIDTH
          set page width to PAGE_WIDTH  (72)  characters  always,
          truncate  lines,  except -J option is set, no interfer-
          ence with -S or -s



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     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     -t is implied if PAGE_LENGTH <= 10.  With no FILE,  or  when
     FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR
     Written by Pete TerMaat and Roland Huebner.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report pr bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU             coreutils             home             page:
     
     General        help        using        GNU        software:
     
     Report        pr         translation         bugs         to
     

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     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 coreutils pr invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:














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NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
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