pr - convert text files for printing
Paginate or columnate FILE(s) for printing.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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). implies -t if PAGE_LENGTH <=
10
- -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
- -S[STRING],
--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; implied if PAGE_LENGTH <= 10
- -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
Written by Pete TerMaat and Roland Huebner.
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Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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.
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pr>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pr invocation'