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1.1       root        1: .TH PR 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: pr \- print file
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B pr
                      6: [
                      7: .I option ...
                      8: ]
                      9: [
                     10: .I file ...
                     11: ]
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Pr
                     14: produces a printed listing of one or more
                     15: .I files
                     16: on its standard output.
                     17: The output is separated into pages headed by a date,
                     18: the name of the file or a specified header, and the page number.
                     19: With no file arguments,
                     20: .I pr
                     21: prints its standard input.
                     22: .PP
                     23: Options apply to all following files but may be reset
                     24: between files:
                     25: .TP
                     26: .BI - n
                     27: Produce
                     28: .IR n -column
                     29: output.
                     30: .TP
                     31: .BI + n
                     32: Begin printing with page
                     33: .IR  n .
                     34: .TP
                     35: .B -b
                     36: Balance columns on last page, in case of multi-column output.
                     37: .TP
                     38: .B -d
                     39: Double space.
                     40: .TP
                     41: .BI -e n
                     42: Set the tab stops for input text every
                     43: .I n
                     44: spaces.
                     45: .TP
                     46: .B  -h
                     47: Take the next argument as a page header 
                     48: .RI ( file
                     49: by default).
                     50: .TP
                     51: .BI -i n
                     52: Replace sequences of blanks in the output
                     53: by tabs, using tab stops set every
                     54: .I n
                     55: spaces.
                     56: .TP
                     57: .BI -f
                     58: Use formfeeds to separate pages.
                     59: .TP
                     60: .BI -l n
                     61: Take the length of the page to be
                     62: .I n
                     63: lines instead of the default 66.
                     64: .TP
                     65: .B  -m
                     66: Print all
                     67: .I files
                     68: simultaneously,
                     69: each in one column.
                     70: .TP
                     71: .B -n
                     72: Number the lines of each
                     73: .IR file .
                     74: .TP
                     75: .BI -o n
                     76: Offset the left margin
                     77: .I n
                     78: character positions.
                     79: .TP
                     80: .BI -s c
                     81: Separate columns by the single character
                     82: .I c
                     83: instead of aligning them with white space.
                     84: A missing
                     85: .I c
                     86: is taken to be a tab.
                     87: .TP
                     88: .B  -t
                     89: Do not print the 5-line header or the
                     90: 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.
                     91: .TP
                     92: .BI -w n
                     93: For multi-column output,
                     94: take the width of the page to be
                     95: .I n
                     96: characters instead of the default 72.
                     97: .SH SOURCE
                     98: .B /sys/src/cmd/pr.c
                     99: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    100: .IR cat (1),
                    101: .IR lp (1)

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