pr Command Examples

Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pr.

• 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}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Print with numbered lines and a custom date format:

pr -n -D "{{format}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Print all files together, one in each column, without a header or footer:

pr -m -T {{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 {{page_length}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Print with an offset for each line and a truncating custom page width:

pr -o {{offset}} -W {{width}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}