Prepare files for printing, printing and pagination filter for text files.
When multiple input files are specified, each is read, formatted, and written
to standard output.
Syntax pr [options] [file ...] Options +beg_pag[:end-pag], --pages=[beg_pag[:end-pag] Begin printing on page beg_pag and end on end-pag if specified. -num_cols --columns=num_cols Print in num_cols number of columns, balancing the number of lines in the columns on each page. -a --across Print columns horizontally, not vertically. -c --show-control-chars Convert control characters to hat notation (such as ^C) and other unprintable characters to octal backslash format. -d --double-space Double space. -e[tab-char[width]] --expand-tabs=[tab-char[width]] Convert tabs (or tab-chars) to spaces. If width is specified, convert tabs to width characters (default is 8). -f -F --form-feed Separate pages with form feeds, not newlines. -h header --header=header Use header for the header instead of the filename. -i[out-tab-char[out-tab-width]] --output-tabs[=out-tab-char[out-tab-width]] Replace spaces with tabs on output. Can specify alternative tab character (default is tab) and width (default is 8). -J --join-lines Merge full lines; ignore -W if set. -l lines --length=lines Set page length to lines (default 66). If lines is less than 10, omit headers and footers. -m --merge Print all files, one file per column. -n[delimiter[digits]] --number-lines[=delimiter[digits]] Number columns, or, with the -m option, number lines. Append delimiter to each number (default is a tab) and limit the size of numbers to digits (default is 5). -o width --indent=width Set left margin to width. -r --no-file-warnings Continue silently when unable to open an input file. -s[delimiter] --separator[=delimiter] Separate columns with delimiter (default is a tab) instead of spaces. -S[string] --sep-string[=string] Separate columns with string. Default is a tab with -J and a space otherwise. -t --omit-header Suppress headers, footers, and fills at end of pages. -T --omit-pagination Like -t but also suppress form feeds. -v --show-non-printing Convert unprintable characters to octal backslash format. -w page_width --width=page_width Set the page width to page_width characters for multi-column output. Default is 72. -W page_width --page-width=page_width Set the page width to always be page_width characters. Default is 72. file A pathname of a file to be printed. If no file operands are specified, or if a file operand is '-', the standard input is used. --help Print a help message and then exit. --version Print version information and then exit.
“We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory” ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
Related linux commands:
cat - Display the contents of a file.
more - Display output one screen at a time.
Equivalent Windows commands:
PRINT - Print a file.