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
- -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, truncate
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 <TAB> 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
separator <TAB> with -J and <space> 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 pagination 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 multiple
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 interference with
-S or -s
- --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: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report pr translation bugs to <
http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute 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.