PR(1L) PR(1L) NNAAMMEE pr - convert text files for printing SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS pprr [+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] [--help] [--version] [file...] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN This manual page documents the GNU version of pprr. pprr prints on the standard output a paginated and optionally multicolumn 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. OOPPTTIIOONNSS _+_P_A_G_E Begin printing with page _P_A_G_E. _-_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. _-_a Print columns across rather than down. _-_b Balance columns on the last page. _-_c Print control characters using hat notation (e.g., `^G'); print other unprintable characters in octal backslash notation. _-_d Double space the output. _-_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. _-_F_, _-_f Use a formfeed instead of newlines to separate out- put pages. _-_h _h_e_a_d_e_r Replace the filename in the header with the string _h_e_a_d_e_r. _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta- tus. FSF GNU Text Utilities 1 PR(1L) PR(1L) _-_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 argu- ment _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. _-_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. _-_m Print all files in parallel, one in each column. _-_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 paral- lel 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. _-_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. _-_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. _-_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. _-_t Do not print the 5-line header and the 5-line trailer that are normally on each page, and do not fill out the bottoms of pages (with blank lines or formfeeds). _-_v Print unprintable characters in octal backslash notation. _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n Print version information on standard output then exit. _-_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 is 72. FSF GNU Text Utilities 2 .