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NAME

6       pr - print file
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SYNOPSIS

9       pr [ option ] ...  [ file ] ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Pr produces a printed listing of one or more files.  The output is sep‐
13       arated into pages headed by a date, the name of the file or a specified
14       header, and the page number.  If there are no file arguments, pr prints
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17       Options apply to all following files but may be reset between files:
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19       -n     Produce n-column output.
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21       +n     Begin printing with page n.
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23       -h     Take the next argument as a page header.
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25       -wn    For purposes of multi-column output, take the width of the  page
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28       -f     Use formfeeds instead of newlines to separate pages.  A formfeed
29              is assumed to use up two blank lines  at  the  top  of  a  page.
30              (Thus this option does not affect the effective page length.)
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32       -ln    Take the length of the page to be n lines instead of the default
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35       -t     Do not print the 5-line header or the  5-line  trailer  normally
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38       -sc    Separate  columns  by  the  single character c instead of by the
39              appropriate amount of white space.  A missing c is taken to be a
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42       -m     Print all files simultaneously, each in one column,
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44       Inter-terminal messages via write(1) are forbidden during a pr.
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FILES

47       /dev/tty?  to suspend messages.
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SEE ALSO

50       cat(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS

53       There are no diagnostics when pr is printing on a terminal.
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574th Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                           PR(1)