1PAPER(1) User Commands PAPER(1)
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6 paper - print paper size information
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9 paper [OPTION...] [PAPER...|--all]
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12 Print paper size information.
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14 --all print information about all known paper sizes
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16 --name print paper names (by default, the name is not printed when only
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19 --size print paper sizes (width followed by height)
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22 print dimensions in the given unit [default: PostScript points]
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24 --help display this help and exit
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26 --version
27 display version information and exit
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29 paper prints information about the given paper sizes, which can include
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36 The current paper size is obtained by looking in order at the following
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40 • The PAPERSIZE environment variable
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53 PAPERSIZE
54 Paper size to use.
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57 /etc/papersize
58 System default paper size.
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60 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/papersize
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64 Written by Reuben Thomas.
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67 Copyright © 2013-2020 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>. Released under the
68 GPL version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
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