PR(1)                                                                    PR(1)



NAME
       pr - print file

SYNOPSIS
       pr [ option ] ...  [ file ] ...

DESCRIPTION
       _P_r produces a printed listing of one or more _f_i_l_e_s_.  The output is sep‐
       arated 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, _p_r prints
       its standard input.

       Options apply to all following files but may be reset between files:

       -_n     Produce _n-column output.

       +_n     Begin printing with page _n_.

       -h     Take the next argument as a page header.

       -w_n    For purposes of multi-column output, take the width of the  page
              to be _n characters instead of the default 72.

       -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.)

       -l_n    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.

       -s_c    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 _f_i_l_e_s simultaneously, each in one column,

       Inter-terminal messages via _w_r_i_t_e(1) are forbidden during a _p_r.

FILES
       /dev/tty?  to suspend messages.

SEE ALSO
       cat(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       There are no diagnostics when _p_r is printing on a terminal.



4th Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                           PR(1)