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1.1       root        1: .TH PR 1  "18 January 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: pr \- print file
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B pr
                      7: [ option ] ...
                      8: [ file ] ...
                      9: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     10: .I Pr
                     11: produces a printed listing of one or more
                     12: .I files.
                     13: The output is separated into pages headed by a date,
                     14: the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number.
                     15: If there are no file arguments,
                     16: .I pr
                     17: prints its standard input.
                     18: .PP
                     19: Options apply to all following files but may be reset
                     20: between files:
                     21: .TP
                     22: .BI \- n
                     23: Produce
                     24: .IR n -column
                     25: output if the total number of lines is
                     26: greater than the page-length.
                     27: Each column will be truncated
                     28: to page-width/n characters.
                     29: .TP
                     30: .BI + n
                     31: Begin printing with page
                     32: .I  n.
                     33: .TP
                     34: .B  \-h
                     35: Take the next argument as a page header.
                     36: .TP
                     37: .BI \-w n
                     38: For purposes of multi-column output,
                     39: take the width of the page to be
                     40: .I n
                     41: characters instead of the default 72.
                     42: .TP
                     43: .BI \-f
                     44: Use formfeeds instead of newlines to separate pages.
                     45: A formfeed is assumed to use up two blank lines at the top of a page.
                     46: (Thus this option does not affect the effective page length.)
                     47: .TP
                     48: .BI \-l n
                     49: Take the length of the page to be
                     50: .I n
                     51: lines instead of the default 66.
                     52: .TP
                     53: .B  \-t
                     54: Do not print the 5-line header or the
                     55: 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.
                     56: .TP
                     57: .BI \-s c
                     58: Separate columns by the single character
                     59: .I c
                     60: instead of by the appropriate amount of white space.
                     61: A missing
                     62: .I c
                     63: is taken to be a tab.
                     64: .TP
                     65: .B  \-m
                     66: Print all
                     67: .I files
                     68: simultaneously,
                     69: each in one column,
                     70: .PP
                     71: Inter-terminal messages via
                     72: .IR write (1)
                     73: are
                     74: forbidden during a
                     75: .IR pr .
                     76: .SH FILES
                     77: /dev/tty?
                     78: to suspend messages.
                     79: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     80: cat(1)
                     81: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     82: There are no diagnostics when
                     83: .I pr
                     84: is printing on a terminal.

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