Angus Claydon wrote: > > To hitch a ride on this thread, > can anyone please help me use the -COLUMN option for pr; > When I type 'pr -COLUMN 2 filename | lpr > I get > > pr: invalid option --C > > Did I miss something in the man page? you are not really missing something, but putting too much into your command line. if you want 2 columns, then you should replace COLUMN with 2, therefore your command line should be: pr -2 filename | lpr hafi