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PR(1)                                                                    PR(1)
NAME
       pr  -  print file
SYNOPSIS
       pr [ option ] ...  [ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
       Pr produces a printed listing of one or more files.  The output is sep-
       arated into pages headed by a date, the name of the file or a specified
       header, and the page number.  If there are no file arguments, pr prints
       its standard input.
       Options apply to all following files but may be reset between files:
       -n     Produce n-column output.
       +n     Begin printing with page n.
       -h     Take the next argument as a page header.
       -wn    For purposes of multi-column output, take the width of the  page
              to be n characters instead of the default 72.
       -ln    Take the length of the page to be n lines instead of the default
              66.
       -t     Do not print the 5-line header or the  5-line  trailer  normally
              supplied for each page.
       -sc    Separate  columns  by  the  single character c instead of by the
              appropriate amount of white space.  A missing c is taken to be a
              tab.
       -m     Print all files simultaneously, each in one column,
       Inter-terminal messages via write(1) are forbidden during a pr.
FILES
       /dev/tty?  to suspend messages.
SEE ALSO
       cat(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
       There are no diagnostics when pr is printing on a terminal.
                                                                         PR(1)