how do I select pages using lpr

[kaykav]

Hi,
Maybe someone can direct me to the answer. Using the command 'lpr' to print a 4 page file; what option or cmd do I use to just print the first 2 pages?
I can use the GUI dialog box,it gives me the option to select the range of pages,but how do I do that in the terminal?
Thank you.........

[thenewguy]

I'm not sure that lpr has a command switch to do that. If the file is text, you might be better off making a copy of the first two pages and saving them in a separate file. Something like

cat old_file.txt | head -n 50 > new_file.txt

Should grab the first 50 lines and dump them in a new file, which you could then print.

[pompom]

Welcome to Linux Mint!

Suppose you wanted to print pages 5 and 6 out of 8 page total of my_letter, you would specify options with -o

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lpr -P myprinter -o page-ranges=5-6 my_letter
lpr -P myprinter -o page-ranges=1,5-6 my_letter (including title page)

other options can equally be set

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lpr -P myprinter -o page-set=odd my_letter (just odd number pages)
lpr -P myprinter -o page-set=even my_letter (even number pages only)

Cheers,

pompom

[kaykav]

pompom,
thank you for that info. works fine. most of the time man -pages are ambiguous. thanks..............