[oclug] The 'pr' command

[Zac 'zacs' Sprackett]

* Vic Gedris scribbled:
> 
> Is there a way to force line breaks on really long lines when using 'pr'
> so that lines wrap instead of disappearing?
> 
> I often use:
> pr filename.txt | lpr
> to print stuff....But with long lines, I'm losing text.

I dont know what pr does, but you could probably pipe it to fold....

-z
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