tldr/pages/common/pr.md

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pr

Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/pr-invocation.html.

  • Print multiple files with a default header and footer:

pr {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}

  • Print with a custom centered header:

pr -h "{{header}}" {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}

  • Print with numbered lines and a custom date format:

pr -n -D "{{format}}" {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}

  • Print all files together, one in each column, without a header or footer:

pr -m -T {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}

  • Print, beginning at page 2 up to page 5, with a given page length (including header and footer):

pr +{{2}}:{{5}} -l {{page_length}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}

  • Print with an offset for each line and a truncating custom page width:

pr -o {{offset}} -W {{width}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}