Manual: pr

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NAME
       pr - paginate or columnate FILE(s) for printing

SYNOPSIS
       pr   [--pages]  [-h|--header]  [-D|--date-format]  [-d|--double-space]  [-n|--number-lines]  [-N|--first-line-number]
       [-t|--omit-header]  [-T|--omit-pagination]  [-l|--length]   [-r|--no-file-warnings]   [-F|--form-feed]	[-w|--width]
       [-W|--page-width]  [-a|--across]	 [--column]  [-s|--separator]  [-S|--sep-string]  [-m|--merge]	[-o|--indent]  [-J ]
       [--help] [-e|--expand-tabs] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION
       paginate or columnate FILE(s) for printing

OPTIONS
       --pages 
	      Begin and stop printing with page FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE]

       -h, --header 
	      Use the string header to replace the file name
			      in the header line.

       -D, --date-format 
	      Use 'date'-style FORMAT for the header date.

       -d, --double-space
	      Produce output that is double spaced. An extra ``
			      character is output following every `` found in the input.

       -n, --number-lines <[char][width]>
	      Provide width digit line numbering.  The default for width,
			      if not specified, is 5.  The number occupies the first width column
			      positions of each text column or each line of -m output.	If char
			      (any non-digit character) is given, it is appended to the line number
			      to separate it from whatever follows.  The default for char is a ``.
			      Line numbers longer than width columns are truncated.

       -N, --first-line-number 
	      start counting with NUMBER at 1st line of first page printed

       -t, --omit-header
	      Write neither the five-line identifying header nor the five-line
			      trailer usually supplied for each page. Quit writing after the last line
			       of each file without spacing to the end of the page.

       -T, --omit-pagination
	      omit page headers and trailers, eliminate any pagination
			      by form feeds set in input files

       -l, --length 
	      Override the 66-line default (default number of lines of text 56,
			      and with -F 63) and reset the page length to lines.  If lines is not
			      greater than the sum  of	both the  header  and trailer depths (in lines),
			      the pr utility shall suppress both the header and trailer, as if the -t
			      option were in effect.

       -r, --no-file-warnings
	      omit warning when a file cannot be opened

       -F, --form-feed
	      Use a `` for new pages, instead of the default behavior that
			      uses a sequence of ``s.

       -w, --width 
	      Set the width of the line to width column positions for multiple
			      text-column output only. If the -w option is not specified and the -s option
			      is not specified, the default width shall be 72. If the -w option is not specified
			      and the -s option is specified, the default width shall be 512.

       -W, --page-width 
	      set page width to PAGE_WIDTH (72) characters always,
			      truncate lines, except -J option is set, no interference
			      with -S or -s

       -a, --across
	      Modify the effect of the - column option so that the columns are filled
			      across the page in a  round-robin	 order (for example, when column is 2, the
			      first input line heads column 1, the second heads column 2, the third is the
			      second line in column 1, and so on).

       --column 
	      Produce multi-column output that is arranged in column columns
			      (the default shall be 1) and is written down each column	in  the order in which
			      the text is received from the input file. This option should not be used with -m.
			      The options -e and -i shall be assumed for multiple text-column output.  Whether
			      or not text columns are produced with identical vertical lengths is unspecified,
			      but a text column shall never exceed the length of the page (see the -l option).
			      When used with -t, use the minimum number of lines to write the output.

       -s, --separator []
	      Separate text columns by the single character char instead of by the
			      appropriate number of ``s (default for char is the `` character).

       -S, --sep-string []
	      separate columns by STRING,
			      without -S: Default separator `` with -J and ``
			      otherwise (same as -S\" \"), no effect on column options

       -m, --merge
	      Merge files. Standard output shall be formatted so the pr utility
			      writes one line from each file specified by a file operand, side by side
			      into text columns of equal fixed widths, in terms of the number of column
			      positions. Implementations shall support merging of at least nine file operands.

       -o, --indent 
	      Each line of output shall be preceded by offset ``s. If the -o
			      option is not specified, the default offset shall be zero. The space taken is
			      in addition to the output line width (see the -w option below).

       -J     merge full lines, turns off -W line truncation, no column
			      alignment, --sep-string[=STRING] sets separators

       --help Print help information

       -e, --expand-tabs <[CHAR][WIDTH]>
	      expand input CHARs (TABs) to tab WIDTH (8)

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [files]

EXTRA
       If no FILE(s) are given, or if FILE is -, read standard input.

       When creating multicolumn output, columns will be of equal width. When using the '-s' option to separate columns, the
       default separator is a single tab character. When using the '-S' option to separate columns, the default separator is
       a single space character.

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						       PR(1)