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1.1       root        1: .TH PR 1
                      2: .CT 1 files
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: pr \(mi print file
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B pr
                      7: [
                      8: .I option ...
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .I file ...
                     12: ]
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Pr
                     15: produces a printed listing of one or more
                     16: .I files.
                     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: For no file arguments,
                     20: or for a file argument 
                     21: .LR - ,
                     22: .I pr
                     23: prints its standard input.
                     24: .PP
                     25: Options apply to all following files but may be reset
                     26: between files:
                     27: .TP
                     28: .BI - n
                     29: Produce
                     30: .IR n -column
                     31: output.
                     32: .TP
                     33: .BI + n
                     34: Begin printing with page
                     35: .I  n.
                     36: .TP
                     37: .B -b
                     38: Balance columns on last page, in case of multi-column output.
                     39: .TP
                     40: .B -d
                     41: Double space.
                     42: .TP
                     43: .B  -h
                     44: Take the next argument as a page header 
                     45: .RI ( file
                     46: by default).
                     47: .TP
                     48: .BI -f
                     49: Use formfeeds to separate pages.
                     50: Pause, ring bell, and wait for newline before beginning.
                     51: .TP
                     52: .BI -l n
                     53: Take the length of the page to be
                     54: .I n
                     55: lines instead of the default 66.
                     56: .TP
                     57: .B  -m
                     58: Print all
                     59: .I files
                     60: simultaneously,
                     61: each in one column.
                     62: .TP
                     63: .B -n
                     64: Number the lines of each
                     65: .I file.
                     66: .TP
                     67: .BI -o n
                     68: Offset the left margin
                     69: .I n
                     70: character positions.
                     71: .TP
                     72: .B -p
                     73: Between pages pause, ring bell, and wait for newline.
                     74: .TP
                     75: .BI -s c
                     76: Separate columns by the single character
                     77: .I c
                     78: instead of aligning them with white space.
                     79: A missing
                     80: .I c
                     81: is taken to be a tab.
                     82: .TP
                     83: .B  -t
                     84: Do not print the 5-line header or the
                     85: 5-line trailer normally supplied for each page.
                     86: .TP
                     87: .BI -w n
                     88: For purposes of multi-column output,
                     89: take the width of the page to be
                     90: .I n
                     91: characters instead of the default 72.
                     92: .PP
                     93: Inter-terminal messages via
                     94: .IR write (1)
                     95: are
                     96: forbidden during a
                     97: .IR pr .
                     98: .SH FILES
                     99: .F /dev/tty
                    100: to suspend messages
                    101: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    102: .IR cat (1),
                    103: .IR lp (1),
                    104: .IR thinkblt (9.1)
                    105: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                    106: There are no diagnostics when
                    107: .I pr
                    108: is printing on a terminal.

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