pr (Unix)

pr is a command used to paginate or columnate files for printing. It can also be used to compare two files side by side, as an alternative to diff.

pr
Original author(s)Ken Thompson,
Dennis Ritchie
Developer(s)AT&T Bell Laboratories
Initial releaseNovember 3, 1971 (1971-11-03)
Operating systemUnix and Unix-like, OS-9
TypeCommand

It is a required program in a POSIX-compliant environment and has been implemented by GNU as part of the GNU Core Utilities. The command is also available in the OS-9 shell.[1]

References

  1. Paul S. Dayan (1992). The OS-9 Guru - 1 : The Facts. Galactic Industrial Limited. ISBN 0-9519228-0-7.
  • pr  Commands & Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Issue 7 from The Open Group
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