(Updated 2000 Feb 14)

Some general rules:

• The full path for a2ps is /sware/Prlab/install/sgi/bin/a2ps
• The executable is compiled for IRIX 6.3, so it will only work on Munich
• Below is a partial list of a2ps functions. Type a2ps --help for the full listing.
• a2ps will not bleed characters off the edge of a page, but may use mysterious combinations of font sizes and word-wrapping to do so
• If you write the output to a file, a2ps will keep one would-be overwritten file with the filename ending with a tilda ('~')
• Note that long flags have double-hyphens and sometimes an equals sign where short flags have single hyphens and no equal sign
• More information can be found at http://www.inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/

General usage: a2ps -flags text_file(s)

Some useful flags:

Long flag	Short	Description
--help		display (long) help file
--list=defaults		list default settings
--landscape	-r	print in landscape mode
--portrait	-R	print in portrait mode
--columns=NUM		number of columns per sheet
--rows=NUM		number of rows per sheet
--font-size=SZ	-fSZ	use font size SZ (floating point) for the body text
--output=FILE	-oFILE	write output to a PostScript file named FILE
--printer=name	-Pname	send output to printer name

Some examples: (Click on the command line to view a slightly cut-off, captured PostScript window)