Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 192381
pr(paginate) no longer correctly replaces tabs with spaces
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:33 EST
Description of problem: pr was not on the list so I substituted prctl pr (paginate no longer replaces tabs with spaces correctly using -e3) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pr 5.93 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 #1 Thu May 4 21:16:58 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux How reproducible: landonkateaux (landon) ~/QtFigs4 [1082]>pr -e3 -l60 -f qtfigs.cpp|lp lp: Unsupported format 'application/octet-stream'! Steps to Reproduce: 1.pr -e3 -l60 -f qtfigs.cpp|lp 2. 3. Actual results: landonkateaux (landon) ~/QtFigs4 [1082]>pr -e3 -l60 -f qtfigs.cpp|lp lp: Unsupported format 'application/octet-stream'! Expected results: should not get an error and print Additional info: I've been using this command for years successfully
Please read https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/page.cgi?id=redhatfaq.html 'How do I enter a bug?'. There's a chapter how you can find out the bugzilla component for a given binary. I'll reassign this to coreutils
So the problem you're seeing is that 'lp' is failing, not 'pr'.
Please fetch these RPM files: http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/tmp/cups-fc5/i386/ and install them using this command, as root: rpm -Fvh cups*-1.2.0-1.3.i386.rpm Then restart cups: /sbin/service cups restart and try your 'pr ...|lp' command again. Does it work now?
That may work but paginate (pr) is supposed to insert spaces for tabs. pr -e3 -l60 -f qtfigs.cpp >testx.txt shows this not being the case
Please try this test update: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-May/msg00218.html by fetching: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/5/i386/coreutils-5.95-1.3.i386.rpm and installing it ('rpm -Fvh coreutils-5.95-1.3.i386.rpm').
*** Bug 193198 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
pr now works...thanks!