SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Pr produces a printed listing of one or more files.  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, pr prints
       its standard input.

       Options apply to all files:

       -n     Produce n-column output, with the lines of each file aligned  in
              columns for each output page.

       +n     Begin printing with page n.

       -a     For multi-column output, print the lines of each file columnized
              in rows across the page.

       -d     Double-space the output, i.e print two newline characters at the
              end of each line.

       -e[c][n]
              Replace occurrences of tab characters in input with n spaces, or
              with 8 spaces if n is omitted.  If the non-numeric  character  c
              is present, it is taken as tab character on input.

       -f     Print  a  single  formfeed character instead of the five-newline
              sequence at the footer of each page.

       -F     For /usr/5bin/pr and /usr/5bin/s42/pr, fold the lines  of  input
              files  for  single-column  output, or stretch excess data across
              multiple cells of multi-column output.  This option is the  same
              as -f with /usr/5bin/posix/pr and /usr/5bin/posix2001/pr.

       -h header
              Take the next argument as a page header.

       -i[c][n]
              Replace  spaces  with  tab characters in output if they align to
              the n-th column or a multiple of it.  If the non-numeric charac-
              ter  c  is present, it is taken instead as tab character on out-
              put.  For /usr/5bin/posix/pr and /usr/5bin/posix2001/pr,  single
              space  characters preceding a column alignment are not replaced.

       -ln    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[c][n]
              Number  the output lines, or if multi-column output is produced,

       -sc    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.

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

       -wn    For  purposes  of multi-column and folded output, take the width
              of the page to be n characters instead of the default 72.

       Inter-terminal messages via write(1) are forbidden during a pr.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       LANG, LC_ALL
              See locale(7).

       LC_CTYPE
              Determines the mapping of bytes to characters and the  width  of
              characters.

       LC_TIME
              Affects the format of date strings printed.

FILES

       /dev/tty? to  suspend  messages  and  to  read  user  input with the -p
                 option.

SEE ALSO

       cat(1), pg(1)



Heirloom Toolchest                  1/24/05                              PR(1)