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pr — Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
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pr command: Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/pr-invocation.html>.Solution
pr — Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/pr-invocation.html>.Print multiple files with a default header and footer:
pr {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print with a custom centered header:
pr {{[-h|--header]}} "{{header}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print with numbered lines and a custom date format:
pr {{[-n|--number-lines]}} {{[-D|--date-format]}} "{{format}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print all files together, one in each column, without a header or footer:
pr {{[-m|--merge]}} {{[-T|--omit-pagination]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print, beginning at page 2 up to page 5, with a given page length (including header and footer):
pr +2:5 {{[-l|--length]}} {{page_length}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print with an offset for each line and a truncating custom page width:
pr {{[-o|--indent]}} {{offset}} {{[-W|--page_width]}} {{width}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Code Snippets
Print multiple files with a default header and footer
pr {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print with a custom centered header
pr {{[-h|--header]}} "{{header}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print with numbered lines and a custom date format
pr {{[-n|--number-lines]}} {{[-D|--date-format]}} "{{format}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print all files together, one in each column, without a header or footer
pr {{[-m|--merge]}} {{[-T|--omit-pagination]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Print, beginning at page 2 up to page 5, with a given page length (including header and footer)
pr +2:5 {{[-l|--length]}} {{page_length}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}Context
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