> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 7 07:15:01 2002 > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 06:26:11 -0800 (PST) > From: J M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng: How can I edit a file to be printed > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have a file that for whatever reason add four blank > lines to the > top of the document to be printed. I have tried all I > can and am > having to resort other things. How can I delete the > first four lines > from the top of file to be printed? > > The file is sent from an OpenVMS system to Linux > RedHat 7.2. I use > LPRng and lpd to sent it via samba smbclient to a > Windows 98 > machine. I looked at /usr/libexec/filters/smbprint > and tried a > sed '1d' <&2, but it didn't delete a line, and in > fact, never printed > at all. Thank you. > > The reason I need to delete the four blank lines at > the top is > because it causes the report that normally prints on > one page to > print on two. If there are multiple pages in the > report, it will > print out a page, have a page with a few lines for > that page, and > then start another full page, and so on. I never had > this problem with smbclient on hp-ux (I had other more > aggravating ones).
You might want to try the following for smbprint. You need to use sed -e '1,4d' to delete the lines. #!/bin/sh ... up to the smbclient command ( # comment out the /bin/cat command sed -e 1,4d # remove the first four lines ) | smbclient (and the rest of the Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
