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PR 1
NAME
pr - print file
SYNOPSIS
pr [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Pr produces a printed listing of one or more files on its standard output. The output is separated into pages headed by a date, the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number. With no file arguments, pr 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 .

-b Balance columns on last page, in case of multi-column output.

-d Double space.

-e n Set the tab stops for input text every n spaces.

-h Take the next argument as a page header ( file by default).

-i n Replace sequences of blanks in the output by tabs, using tab stops set every n spaces.

-f Use form feeds to separate pages.

-l n Take the length of the page to be n lines instead of the default 66.

-m Print all files simultaneously, each in one column.

-n m Number the lines of each file . The numeric argument m , default 5, sets the width of the line-number field.

-o n Offset the left margin n character positions.

-p Pad each file printed to an even number of pages, if necessary. For two-sided printers, this will ensure each file will start a new page.

-s c Separate columns by the single character c instead of aligning them with white space. A missing c is taken to be a tab.

-t Do not print the 5-line header or the 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.

-w n For multi-column output, take the width of the page to be n characters instead of the default 72.

SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/pr.c
"SEE ALSO"
cat (1), lp (1)