1 .TH PR 1
2 .SH NAME
3 pr \- print file
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B pr
6 [
7 .I option ...
8 ]
9 [
10 .I file ...
11 ]
12 .SH DESCRIPTION
13 .I Pr
14 produces a printed listing of one or more
15 .I files
16 on its standard output.
17 The output is separated into pages headed by a date,
18 the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number.
19 With no file arguments,
20 .I pr
21 prints its standard input.
22 .PP
23 Options apply to all following files but may be reset
24 between files:
25 .TP
26 .BI - n
27 Produce
28 .IR n -column
29 output.
30 .TP
31 .BI + n
32 Begin printing with page
33 .IR  n .
34 .TP
35 .B -b
36 Balance columns on last page, in case of multi-column output.
37 .TP
38 .B -d
39 Double space.
40 .TP
41 .BI -e n
42 Set the tab stops for input text every
43 .I n
44 spaces.
45 .TP
46 .B  -h
47 Take the next argument as a page header 
48 .RI ( file
49 by default).
50 .TP
51 .BI -i n
52 Replace sequences of blanks in the output
53 by tabs, using tab stops set every
54 .I n
55 spaces.
56 .TP
57 .BI -f
58 Use form feeds to separate pages.
59 .TP
60 .BI -l n
61 Take the length of the page to be
62 .I n
63 lines instead of the default 66.
64 .TP
65 .B  -m
66 Print all
67 .I files
68 simultaneously,
69 each in one column.
70 .TP
71 .BI -n m
72 Number the lines of each
73 .IR file .
74 The numeric argument
75 .IR m ,
76 default 5,
77 sets the width of the line-number field.
78 .TP
79 .BI -o n
80 Offset the left margin
81 .I n
82 character positions.
83 .TP
84 .BI -p
85 Pad each file printed to an odd number of pages.
86 For two-sided printers,
87 this will ensure each file will start a new page.
88 .TP
89 .BI -s c
90 Separate columns by the single character
91 .I c
92 instead of aligning them with white space.
93 A missing
94 .I c
95 is taken to be a tab.
96 .TP
97 .B  -t
98 Do not print the 5-line header or the
99 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.
100 .TP
101 .BI -w n
102 For multi-column output,
103 take the width of the page to be
104 .I n
105 characters instead of the default 72.
106 .SH SOURCE
107 .B \*9/src/cmd/pr.c
108 .SH "SEE ALSO"
109 .MR cat (1) ,
110 .MR lp (1)