On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:16:55 GMT, jim wrote:
: I feel dumb asking this, because there's probably a really really
: simple solution. However, this has been driving me nuts all morning.
:
: How do I print all the files of type *.pdf from a directory using lpr?
:
: I tried "lpr *.pdf", but that just prints the first file.
:
: I tried a little bash script of
:
: for a in *.pdf
: do
: lpr "$a"
: done
:
:
: I tried that with and without the quotes, and that doesn't work
: either. I give up and yield to the deeper knowledge of the group.
: Ideas?
:

It doesn't work with lpr and just one file, does it? If you're lucky
enough to have a printer that can handle native .pdf then lpr *.pdf
should do it (?)

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:36:24 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote:
: On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:16:55 GMT, jim wrote:
: : I feel dumb asking this, because there's probably a really really
: : simple solution. However, this has been driving me nuts all morning.
: :
: : How do I print all the files of type *.pdf from a directory using lpr?
: :
: : I tried "lpr *.pdf", but that just prints the first file.
: :
: : I tried a little bash script of
: :
: : for a in *.pdf
: : do
: : lpr "$a"
: : done
: :
: :
: : I tried that with and without the quotes, and that doesn't work
: : either. I give up and yield to the deeper knowledge of the group.
: : Ideas?
: :
:
: It doesn't work with lpr and just one file, does it? If you're lucky
: enough to have a printer that can handle native .pdf then lpr *.pdf
: should do it (?)

Nevermind, I should have read what you wrote.

You can do something like

find . -name '*.pdf' -exec lpr {}\;

although why lpr isn't dealing with it, I dunno. Zillions of files?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:37:28 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote:
: On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:36:24 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote:
: : On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:16:55 GMT, jim wrote:
: : : I feel dumb asking this, because there's probably a really really
: : : simple solution. However, this has been driving me nuts all morning.
: : :
: : : How do I print all the files of type *.pdf from a directory using lpr?
: : :
: : : I tried "lpr *.pdf", but that just prints the first file.
: : :
: : : I tried a little bash script of
: : :
: : : for a in *.pdf
: : : do
: : : lpr "$a"
: : : done
: : :
: : :
: : : I tried that with and without the quotes, and that doesn't work
: : : either. I give up and yield to the deeper knowledge of the group.
: : : Ideas?
: : :
: :
: : It doesn't work with lpr and just one file, does it? If you're lucky
: : enough to have a printer that can handle native .pdf then lpr *.pdf
: : should do it (?)
:
: Nevermind, I should have read what you wrote.
:
: You can do something like
:
: find . -name '*.pdf' -exec lpr {}\;

blugh, that'll descend and print out your subdirs too.

for x in `ls *.pdf`; do lpr $x; done is another way

There must be a zillion ways to do it, xargs with some options surely?

On 2007-07-27, Howard Goldstein scribbled these
curious markings:
> blugh, that'll descend and print out your subdirs too.
>
> for x in `ls *.pdf`; do lpr $x; done is another way

apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf

Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what they're
missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).

Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
--
Yaakov, And it seems to me that the only people going on about
"freedom" these days are RMS and Bush.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:21:50 GMT
Christopher Nehren wrote:

> apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf
>
> Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what they're
> missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).

Bzzzt. Prints the first file, and that's it [which is the same
behavior as "lpr *.pdf" and my little script. Could it be something in
printcap?

--
J'm Sm'th

Christopher Nehren wrote:
> apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf
>
> Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what they're
> missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).

Ahhh... I didn't know about apply. Very useful.
Thanks for the hint.
--
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway

In article <20070727145657.28bbac3a@shirley2>
jim writes:
>On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:21:50 GMT
>Christopher Nehren wrote:
>
>> apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf
>>
>> Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what they're
>> missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).
>
>Bzzzt. Prints the first file, and that's it [which is the same
>behavior as "lpr *.pdf" and my little script. Could it be something in
>printcap?

Both apply and your script should iterate.

Not to ask the dumb questions, but have you confirmed (say, 'ls
*.pdf') that you are dealing with multiple files? If they are
downloaded, any mixture of case could be possible (as with other
annoying things like names ending with spaces).


--
Drew Lawson | Radioactive cats have
drew@furrfu.com | 18 half-lives
http://www.furrfu.com/ |

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:12:31 GMT
drew@furrfu.com (Drew Lawson) wrote:

> In article <20070727145657.28bbac3a@shirley2>
> jim writes:
> >On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:21:50 GMT
> >Christopher Nehren wrote:
> >
> >> apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf
> >>
> >> Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what
> >> they're missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).
> >
> >Bzzzt. Prints the first file, and that's it [which is the same
> >behavior as "lpr *.pdf" and my little script. Could it be something
> >in printcap?
>
> Both apply and your script should iterate.
>
> Not to ask the dumb questions, but have you confirmed (say, 'ls
> *.pdf') that you are dealing with multiple files? If they are
> downloaded, any mixture of case could be possible (as with other
> annoying things like names ending with spaces).

I run "ls *.pdf" and I see all the files on stdout. I run "ls *.pdf |
wc" and it tells me that there are 43 of them.


--
J'm Sm'th

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:47:01 UTC, jim
wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:12:31 GMT
> drew@furrfu.com (Drew Lawson) wrote:
>
> > In article <20070727145657.28bbac3a@shirley2>
> > jim writes:
> > >On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:21:50 GMT
> > >Christopher Nehren wrote:
> > >
> > >> apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf
> > >>
> > >> Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what
> > >> they're missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).
> > >
> > >Bzzzt. Prints the first file, and that's it [which is the same
> > >behavior as "lpr *.pdf" and my little script. Could it be something
> > >in printcap?
> >
> > Both apply and your script should iterate.
> >
> > Not to ask the dumb questions, but have you confirmed (say, 'ls
> > *.pdf') that you are dealing with multiple files? If they are
> > downloaded, any mixture of case could be possible (as with other
> > annoying things like names ending with spaces).
>
> I run "ls *.pdf" and I see all the files on stdout. I run "ls *.pdf |
> wc" and it tells me that there are 43 of them.

Do you have a broken filter in printcap that is doing something funny?

--
Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!

On 27 Jul 2007 22:08:52 GMT
"Bob Eager" wrote:

> > I run "ls *.pdf" and I see all the files on stdout. I run "ls
> > *.pdf | wc" and it tells me that there are 43 of them.
>
> Do you have a broken filter in printcap that is doing something funny?

It's apsfilter. I'll detail it here:

lp|canon_q|ljet4d;r=1200x1200;q=high;c=full;p=lett er;m=raw:\
:rm=iR5570:\
:rp=lp:\
:if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q/acct:\
:mx#0:\
:sf:\
:sh:


That's it.

--
J'm Sm'th

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:23:40 UTC, jim
wrote:

> On 27 Jul 2007 22:08:52 GMT
> "Bob Eager" wrote:
>
> > > I run "ls *.pdf" and I see all the files on stdout. I run "ls
> > > *.pdf | wc" and it tells me that there are 43 of them.
> >
> > Do you have a broken filter in printcap that is doing something funny?
>
> It's apsfilter. I'll detail it here:
>
> lp|canon_q|ljet4d;r=1200x1200;q=high;c=full;p=lett er;m=raw:\
> :rm=iR5570:\
> :rp=lp:\
> :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q/acct:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sf:\
> :sh:

Looks OK. Is there anything useful in the log files?

Oh, is there enough space on /var for all the spool files? Perhaps try:

lpr -s *.pdf

and see if that works.

--
Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:21:50 GMT, Christopher Nehren wrote:
: On 2007-07-27, Howard Goldstein scribbled these
: curious markings:
: > blugh, that'll descend and print out your subdirs too.
: >
: > for x in `ls *.pdf`; do lpr $x; done is another way
:
: apply 'lpr %1' *.pdf
:
: Nice shell-independent method. Those Linuxers don't know what they're
: missing... (I've yet to see a Linux system with apply(1)).

Cool! I never ran into apply before. Thanks

On 27 Jul 2007 22:33:52 GMT
"Bob Eager" wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:23:40 UTC, jim
> wrote:
>
> > On 27 Jul 2007 22:08:52 GMT
> > "Bob Eager" wrote:
> >
> > > > I run "ls *.pdf" and I see all the files on stdout. I run "ls
> > > > *.pdf | wc" and it tells me that there are 43 of them.
> > >
> > > Do you have a broken filter in printcap that is doing something
> > > funny?
> >
> > It's apsfilter. I'll detail it here:
> >
> > lp|canon_q|ljet4d;r=1200x1200;q=high;c=full;p=lett er;m=raw:\
> > :rm=iR5570:\
> > :rp=lp:\
> > :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q:\
> > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q/log:\
> > :af=/var/spool/lpd/canon_q/acct:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sf:\
> > :sh:
>
> Looks OK. Is there anything useful in the log files?
>
> Oh, is there enough space on /var for all the spool files? Perhaps
> try:
>
> lpr -s *.pdf
>
> and see if that works.
>

That did it! [the "lpr -s *.pdf"] I would have never thought the
symbolic link switch would be the answer. Thanks for the help!

--
Jim Smith

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:01:45 UTC, jim
wrote:

> That did it! [the "lpr -s *.pdf"] I would have never thought the
> symbolic link switch would be the answer. Thanks for the help!

Learned that long ago on a very early UNIX with not much disk space...!
--
Bob Eager