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printing a Unix file
Post 60122 by zazzybob on Monday 10th of January 2005 05:21:34 PM
01-10-2005
It's not as bad as it sounds, honest! 
Just open up a terminal window - how you do this depends on which Operating System you are using. Is it Linux (RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Slackware, Debian, etc), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, etc - which "flavour" of Unix are you using?
You're looking for something called "xterm" - this is a popular terminal emulator (think of the Windows cmd.exe command shell). If you're using SUSE Linux for example, you'll already have a taskbar shortcut to "Konsole" - this is the SUSE terminal emulator.
Once you've got a terminal window open, you should (depending on your OS, shell, etc - don't worry for now) - see a command prompt - probably a dollar ($) or maybe your username, hostname or other information followed by a dollar.
At this prompt, type in
uname -a
This will post your OS version, plus a lot of other useful information - let us know what this command outputs.
After this, try
ps -ef | egrep 'cupsd|lpd'
Don't worry too much about what the command does for now - post the output and we can see which printing subsystem you're using.
Then, at the prompt (if your printer is connected to the parallel port on the back of your laptop/desktop) type
ls > /dev/lp0
the printer should whirr into life and spit out a listing. Let us know if it does just that.
I know it can all be a bit daunting, but stick with it - you'll be pleased you did in the long run
Cheers
ZB
Just open up a terminal window - how you do this depends on which Operating System you are using. Is it Linux (RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Slackware, Debian, etc), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, etc - which "flavour" of Unix are you using?
You're looking for something called "xterm" - this is a popular terminal emulator (think of the Windows cmd.exe command shell). If you're using SUSE Linux for example, you'll already have a taskbar shortcut to "Konsole" - this is the SUSE terminal emulator.
Once you've got a terminal window open, you should (depending on your OS, shell, etc - don't worry for now) - see a command prompt - probably a dollar ($) or maybe your username, hostname or other information followed by a dollar.
At this prompt, type in
uname -a
This will post your OS version, plus a lot of other useful information - let us know what this command outputs.
After this, try
ps -ef | egrep 'cupsd|lpd'
Don't worry too much about what the command does for now - post the output and we can see which printing subsystem you're using.
Then, at the prompt (if your printer is connected to the parallel port on the back of your laptop/desktop) type
ls > /dev/lp0
the printer should whirr into life and spit out a listing. Let us know if it does just that.
I know it can all be a bit daunting, but stick with it - you'll be pleased you did in the long run
Cheers
ZB
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openvt - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT). SYNOPSIS
openvt [-c vtnumber] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command command_options DESCRIPTION
openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the given command with the given command options, standard input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command is specified then the environment variable $SHELL is used. OPTIONS -c vtnumber Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work. -e Directly execute the given command, without forking. This option is meant for use in /etc/inittab. -s Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The VT of the new command will be made the new current VT. -u Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run login as that user. Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c or -l. -l Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name of the command to be executed. -v Be a bit more verbose. -w wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used together then openvt will switch back to the controlling terminal when the com- mand completes. -- end of options to openvt. NOTE
If openvt is compiled with a POSIX (GNU) getopt() and you wish to set options to the command to be run, then you must supply the end of options -- flag before the command. EXAMPLES
openvt can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command: openvt bash To start the shell as a login shell, use: openvt -l bash To get a long listing you must supply the -- separator: openvt -- ls -l HISTORY
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