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.TH PR 1
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.SH NAME
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pr \- print file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B pr
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[
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.I option ...
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]
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[
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.I file ...
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Pr
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produces a printed listing of one or more
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.I files
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on its standard output.
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The output is separated into pages headed by a date,
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the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number.
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With no file arguments,
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.I pr
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prints its standard input.
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.PP
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Options apply to all following files but may be reset
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between files:
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.TP
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.BI - n
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Produce
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.IR n -column
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output.
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.TP
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.BI + n
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Begin printing with page
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.IR  n .
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.TP
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.B -b
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Balance columns on last page, in case of multi-column output.
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.TP
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.B -d
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Double space.
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.TP
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.BI -e n
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Set the tab stops for input text every
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.I n
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spaces.
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.TP
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.B  -h
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Take the next argument as a page header
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.RI ( file
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by default).
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.TP
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.BI -i n
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Replace sequences of blanks in the output
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by tabs, using tab stops set every
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.I n
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spaces.
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.TP
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.BI -f
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Use form feeds to separate pages.
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.TP
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.BI -l n
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Take the length of the page to be
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.I n
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lines instead of the default 66.
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.TP
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.B  -m
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Print all
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.I files
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simultaneously,
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each in one column.
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.TP
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.BI -n m
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Number the lines of each
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.IR file .
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The numeric argument
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.IR m ,
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default 5,
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sets the width of the line-number field.
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.TP
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.BI -o n
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Offset the left margin
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.I n
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character positions.
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.TP
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.BI -p
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Pad each file printed to an even number of pages, if necessary.
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For two-sided printers,
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this will ensure each file will start a new page.
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.TP
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.BI -s c
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Separate columns by the single character
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.I c
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instead of aligning them with white space.
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A missing
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.I c
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is taken to be a tab.
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.TP
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.B  -t
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Do not print the 5-line header or the
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5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.
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.TP
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.BI -w n
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For multi-column output,
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take the width of the page to be
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.I n
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characters instead of the default 72.
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /sys/src/cmd/pr.c
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR cat (1),
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.IR lp (1)