Thanks Tony; On Sat, 2006-13-05 at 13:52 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > At 5:16 AM -0400 5/13/06, William Case wrote: > >Script #1: Print any text file to 5.5" x 8.5" sheets of paper. > What I have seen suggested is instead to set up an additional "printer" > with the size paper you want. > Yea. I was trying to avoid that but it seems inevitable. > > >Script #2: I want to start a print job X (user variable) > >number of lines down on the first sheet or page. > >All of the above can be done through a word processor but I am hoping to > >set something up that is quick and dirty. > > Well, just output n blank lines and then the desired file(s) to the print > job. Something like: > > ( for (( i=0 ; i<$X ; i=i+1 )) ; do echo ; done ; cat $f ) | lpr > > (Note that I haven't actually printed that way; I just piped to less.) Oh, thank you. I was drawing a blank and digging a deeper and deeper scripting hole. As soon has I saw your suggestion -- everything became very obvious. Being able to talk to someone is the best cure for brain cramps. -- Regards Bill
