SunOS man pages : pr (1)
User Commands pr(1)
NAME
pr - print files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/pr [ + page ] [ -column ] [ -adFmrt ] [ -e
[ char ] [ gap ] ] [ -h header ] [ -i [ char ] [ gap
] ] [ -l lines ] [ -n [ char ] [ width ] ] [
-o offset ] [ -s [ char ] ] [ -w width ] [ -fp ] [
file ... ]
/usr/xpg4/bin/pr [ + page ] [ -column | -c column ] [
-adFmrt ] [ -e [ char ] [ gap ] ] [ -h header ] [ -i
[ char ] [ gap ] ] [ -l lines ] [ -n [ char ] [ width
] ] [ -o offset ] [ -s [ char ] ] [ -w width ] [ -fp
] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The pr utility is a printing and pagination filter. If mul-
tiple input files are specified, each is read, formatted,
and written to standard output. By default, the input is
separated into 66-line pages, each with:
o a 5-line header that includes the page number, date,
time and the path name of the file
o a 5-line trailer consisting of blank lines
If standard output is associated with a terminal, diagnostic
messages will be deferred until the pr utility has completed
processing.
When options specifying multi-column output are specified,
output text columns will be of equal width; input lines that
do not fit into a text column will be truncated. By default,
text columns are separated with at least one blank charac-
ter.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported. In the following option
descriptions, column, lines, offset, page, and width are
positive decimal integers; gap is a non-negative decimal
integer. Some of the option-arguments are optional, and some
of the option-arguments cannot be specified as separate
arguments from the preceding option letter. In particular,
the -s option does not allow the option letter to be
separated from its argument, and the options -e, -i, and -n
require that both arguments, if present, not be separated
from the option letter.
The following options are supported for both /usr/bin/pr and
/usr/xpg4/bin/pr:
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+page Begin output at page number page of the formatted
input.
-column
Produce multi-column output that is arranged in column
columns (default is 1) and is written down each column
in the order in which the text is received from the
input file. This option should not be used with -m.
The -e and -i options will be assumed for multiple
text-column output. Whether or not text columns are
produced with identical vertical lengths is unspeci-
fied, but a text column will never exceed the length
of the page (see the -l option). When used with -t,
use the minimum number of lines to write the output.
-a Modify the effect of the -column option so that the
columns are filled across the page in a round-robin
order (for example, when column is 2, the first input
line heads column 1, the second heads column 2, the
third is the second line in column 1, and so forth).
-d Produce output that is double-spaced; append an extra
NEWLINE character following every NEWLINE character
found in the input.
-e[char][gap]
Expand each input TAB character to the next greater
column position specified by the formula n *gap+1,
where n is an integer >0. If gap is 0 or is omitted,
it defaults to 8. All TAB characters in the input will
be expanded into the appropriate number of SPACE char-
acters. If any non-digit character, char, is speci-
fied, it will be used as the input tab character.
-f Use a FORMFEED character for new pages, instead of the
default behavior that uses a sequence of NEWLINE char-
acters. Pause before beginning the first page if the
standard output is associated with a terminal.
-h header
Use the string header to replace the contents of the
file operand in the page header.
-l lines
Override the 66-line default and reset the page length
to lines. If lines is not greater than the sum of both
the header and trailer depths (in lines), pr will
suppress both the header and trailer, as if the -t
option were in effect.
-m Merge files. Standard output will be formatted so pr
writes one line from each file specified by file, side
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by side into text columns of equal fixed widths, in
terms of the number of column positions. Implementa-
tions support merging of at least nine files.
-n[char][width]
Provide width-digit line numbering (default for width
is 5). The number will occupy the first width column
positions of each text column of default output or
each line of -m output. If char (any non-digit charac-
ter) is given, it will be appended to the line number
to separate it from whatever follows (default for char
is a TAB character).
-o offset
Each line of output will be preceded by offset
<space>s. If the -o option is not specified, the
default offset is 0. The space taken will be in addi-
tion to the output line width (see -w option below).
-p Pause before beginning each page if the standard out-
put is directed to a terminal (pr will write an ALERT
character to standard error and wait for a carriage-
return character to be read on /dev/tty).
-r Write no diagnostic reports on failure to open files.
-s[char]
Separate text columns by the single character char
instead of by the appropriate number of SPACE charac-
ters (default for char is the TAB character).
-t Write neither the five-line identifying header nor the
five-line trailer usually supplied for each page. Quit
writing after the last line of each file without spac-
ing to the end of the page.
-w width
Set the width of the line to width column positions
for multiple text-column output only. If the -w option
is not specified and the -s option is not specified,
the default width is 72. If the -w option is not
specified and the -s option is specified, the default
width is 512.
For single column output, input lines will not be
truncated.
/usr/bin/pr
The following options are supported for /usr/bin/pr only:
-F Fold the lines of the input file. When used in multi-
column mode (with the -a or -m options), lines will be
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folded to fit the current column's width; otherwise,
they will be folded to fit the current line width (80
columns).
-i[char][gap]
In output, replace SPACE characters with TAB charac-
ters wherever one or more adjacent SPACE characters
reach column positions gap+1, 2*gap+1, 3*gap+1, and so
forth. If gap is 0 or is omitted, default TAB settings
at every eighth column position are assumed. If any
non-digit character, char, is specified, it will be
used as the output TAB character.
/usr/xpg4/bin/pr
The following options are supported for /usr/xpg4/bin/pr
only:
-F Use a FORMFEED character for new pages, instead of the
default behavior that uses a sequence of NEWLINE char-
acters.
-i[char][gap]
In output, replace multiple SPACE characters with TAB
characters wherever two or more adjacent SPACE charac-
ters reach column positions gap+1, 2*gap+1, 3*gap+1,
and so forth. If gap is 0 or is omitted, default TAB
settings at every eighth column position are assumed.
If any non-digit character, char, is specified, it
will be used as the output TAB character.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
file A path name of a file to be written. If no file
operands are specified, or if a file operand is -, the
standard input will be used.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Print a numbered list of all files in the current
directory:
ls -a | pr -n -h "Files in $(pwd)."
Example 2: Print file1 and file2 as a double-spaced, three-
column listing headed by "file list":
pr -3d -h "file list" file1 file2
Example 3: Write file1 on file2, expanding tabs to columns
10, 19, 28, ... :
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pr -e9 -t <file1 >file2
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
variables that affect the execution of pr: LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, LC_TIME, TZ, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
/usr/bin/pr
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| CSI | enabled |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
/usr/xpg4/bin/pr
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWxcu4 |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| CSI | enabled |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
expand(1), lp(1), attributes(5), environ(5), XPG4(5)
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