Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:34:31 -0500 From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pr(1) Message-ID: <19980108233431.09516@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980108215559.22483A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>; from David E. Cross on Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 09:58:53PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980108215559.22483A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
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On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 09:58:53PM -0500, David E. Cross wrote: > I noticed the following output when I used pr(1)... > lptest | pr -2 -t -w40 > > produces two colums of text, with a total width of 40 (as expected)... > > lptest | pr -1 -t -w40 > > produces one column of text, with no change in the totals width... am I > missing something? (it is consistent across FreeBSD and Solaris) According the the pr(1) man page, this is to be expected. -w width Set the width of the line to width column positions for multiple text-column output only. Notice the words `multiple text-column output only'. You specified a single column, therefore you disabled `-w' option. What are you attempting to accomplish? Perhaps there is another way of achieving what you want.... > > -- > David Cross > UNIX System Administrator > GE CRD -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.
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