pr(1)

     NAME
          pr - convert text files for printing

     SYNOPSIS
          pr [+PAGE] [-COLUMN] [-abcdfFmrtv] [-e[in-tab-char[in-tab-
          width]]] [-h header] [-i[out-tab-char[out-tab-width]]] [-l
          page-length] [-n[number-separator[digits]]] [-o left-margin]
          [-s[column-separator]] [-w page-width] [--help] [--version]
          [file...]

     DESCRIPTION
          This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be
          inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now
          the authoritative source.

          This manual page documents the GNU version of pr.  pr prints
          on the standard output a paginated and optionally
          multicolumn copy of the text files given on the command
          line, or of the standard input if no files are given or when
          the file name `-' is encountered.  Form feeds in the input
          cause page breaks in the output.

        OPTIONS
          +PAGE
               Begin printing with page PAGE.

          -COLUMN
               Produce COLUMN-column output and print columns down.
               The column width is automatically decreased as COLUMN
               increases; unless you use the -w option to increase the
               page width as well, this option might cause some
               columns to be truncated.

          -a   Print columns across rather than down.

          -b   Balance columns on the last page.

          -c   Print control characters using hat notation (e.g.,
               `^G'); print other unprintable characters in octal
               backslash notation.

          -d   Double space the output.

          -e[in-tab-char[in-tab-width]]
               Expand tabs to spaces on input.  Optional argument in-
               tab-char is the input tab character, default tab.
               Optional argument in-tab-width is the input tab
               character's width, default 8.

          -F, -f
               Use a formfeed instead of newlines to separate output
               pages.
          -h header
               Replace the filename in the header with the string
               header.

          --help
               Print a usage message and exit with a status code
               indicating success.

          -i[out-tab-char[out-tab-width]]
               Replace spaces with tabs on output.  Optional argument
               out-tab-char is the output tab character, default tab.
               Optional argument out-tab-width is the output tab
               character's width, default 8.

          -l page-length
               Set the page length to page-length lines.  The default
               is 66.  If page-length is less than 10, the headers and
               footers are omitted, as if the -t option had been
               given.

          -m   Print all files in parallel, one in each column.

          -n[number-separator[digits]]
               Precede each column with a line number; with parallel
               files, precede each line with a line number.  Optional
               argument number-separator is the character to print
               after each number, default tab.  Optional argument
               digits is the number of digits per line number, default
               5.

          -o left-margin
               Offset each line with a margin left-margin spaces wide.
               The total page width is this offset plus the width set
               with the -w option.

          -r   Do not print a warning message when an argument file
               cannot be opened.  Failure to open a file still makes
               the exit status nonzero, however.

          -s[column-separator]
               Separate columns by the single character column-
               separator, default tab, instead of spaces.

          -t   Do not print the 5-line header and the 5-line trailer
               that are normally on each page, and do not fill out the
               bottoms of pages (with blank lines or formfeeds).

          -v   Print unprintable characters in octal backslash
               notation.

          --version
               Print version information on standard output then exit.
          -w page-width
               Set the page width to page-width columns.  The default
               is 72.