GNU bug report logs - #47243
pr lacks -p

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:39:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 47243 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47243: pr lacks -p
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:57:30 -0700

On 2025-07-28 09:06, Stan Marsh wrote:
> The point is that -f is already taken; it is a synonym for -F.

That's a bug in GNU 'pr'. -f is supposed to mean "act like -F but also 
pause before the first page if standard output is a terminal". See 
<https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/pr.html#tag_20_95_04>.
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