On Monday 23 April 2007 13:08, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Monday 2007-04-23 at 14:20 +0200, Johannes Meixner wrote: > > > Let's generalize, then. How to add arbitrary strings? File name, > > > page number, date of printing... > > > > For fixed strings (i.e. no page numbers) you can use the > > "page-label" option which will show a fixed string (without spaces) > > at the very top and bottom all of all pages, for example to get > > the idea try: > > > > echo -en "One\fTwo" | lp -d <queue> -o page-label="$(date +%F,%T)" > > Curious! An undocumented feature! It is not in the man page of 'lp'. > Are there more options?
Thanks for elaborating the example. For some reason when I first read Johannes' post, I didn't grok that "One\fTwo" were two pages of sample / simulated output that would be printed with the date/time-stamp page label. > ... > -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
