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Old 02-17-2011
constructing a file for printing
I have a text file, data.txt, which looks like :-

head1 head2 head3
data1 1 data 1 2 data 1 3
data 2 1 data 2 2 data 2 3
data 3 1 data 3 2 data 3 3
etc etc

I would like to print this file, using the lp -d command,
with a heading line, as follows :-

Report for whatever department as at {today's date}
Then a space line
Then all of data.txt.

I can store in a text file the first part of the heading line, up to the date.
I can then use
Code:
date > temp1
cut -d “ “ -f 1-4 < temp1 > temp2

to get today's date,
but how do I then construct the required file for printing ?

Many thanks
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Old 02-17-2011
Code:
pr -h "Report for department at $mydate" file | lp

also look at enscript, a2ps

Andrew
Last edited by apmcd47; 02-18-2011 at 04:57 AM.. Reason: fixing typo - should have piped into lp not pr
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Old 02-17-2011
lp1 is the printer name
Code:
date > tmpfile
echo "" >> tmpfile
cat data.txt >> tmpfile
lp -d lp1 tmpfile

 
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