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1.1       root        1: .TH NFPRINT 1 "University of Illinois"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: nfprint \- Print the contents of a notesfile
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B nfprint
                      6: [
                      7: .B "-p"
                      8: ] [
                      9: .BR "-l" "#"
                     10: ] [
                     11: .B "-d"
                     12: or
                     13: .B "-nd"
                     14: ] [
                     15: .B "-c"
                     16: ] [
                     17: .B "-t"
                     18: ]
                     19: topic
                     20: [
                     21: .I "note-list"
                     22: ]
                     23: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     24: .B Nfprint
                     25: gives the user the ability to print the contents of notesfiles.
                     26: .B Nfprint
                     27: writes to standard output.
                     28: The text is formatted with
                     29: .IR "pr" "(1)."
                     30: When the
                     31: .B "-c"
                     32: option is used,
                     33: the output is filtered through
                     34: .IR "cat" "(1)"
                     35: instead.
                     36: .PP
                     37: The 
                     38: .BR "-l" "#"
                     39: parameter specifies the page length to use
                     40: (66 lines/page is the default).
                     41: By specifying 
                     42: .BR "-p" ","
                     43: the printout is arranged so each base note starts on a new page.
                     44: The
                     45: .B "-d"
                     46: and
                     47: .B "-nd"
                     48: options specify only notes with the
                     49: .I "director flag"
                     50: on or off respectively are to be printed.
                     51: Use
                     52: .B "-t"
                     53: to generate a list of titles only;
                     54: the text of notes and responses is suppressed.
                     55: .PP
                     56: The 
                     57: .B "note list"
                     58: is the set of notes which are to be printed.
                     59: An example note list is:
                     60: 1,30-36,13,10,42-50.
                     61: .SH FILES
                     62: .PD 0
                     63: .TP 35
                     64: /bin/pr
                     65: Output filter
                     66: .TP 35
                     67: /etc/passwd
                     68: for the users name
                     69: .TP 35
                     70: /etc/group
                     71: for the users group(s)
                     72: .TP 35
                     73: /usr/spool/notes
                     74: the default notesfile data base
                     75: .PD
                     76: .SH SEE ALSO
                     77: notes(1),
                     78: pr(1),
                     79: .br
                     80: .ul
                     81: The Notesfile Reference Manual
                     82: .SH AUTHORS
                     83: .nf
                     84: Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%[email protected])
                     85: Department of Computer Science
                     86: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                     87: Urbana, IL
                     88: .sp
                     89: Rob Kolstad ([email protected])
                     90: CONVEX Computer Corporation
                     91: Richardson, TX
                     92: .fi

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