Re: Send command to printer

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

on my debian its by the main bsdutils package

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 22:59 tooth pik <toothpik6@gmail.com> wrote:

> i've had good luck with the enscript command, but i don't remember
> if it came with my OS or i had to install it
>
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 3:04 PM Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > just find a cmd that prints its stdin in realtime, the rest then is easy
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 21:21 Julius Hamilton <julkhami@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you very much.
> > >
> > > I will read up on the script command.
> > >
> > > I would like it to be printed in real time.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to avoid piping it into a print command every time?
> Can
> > I
> > > write in a bashrc file that every command is to have a certain pipe
> > command
> > > appended to the end of it?
> > >
> > > Thanks very much,
> > > Julius
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 18:20 Tapani Tarvainen <bash@tapanitarvainen.fi>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 03:06:57PM +0200, Julius Hamilton (
> > > > julkhami@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is it possible for me to edit my bashrc file or configure bash in
> > some
> > > > way
> > > > > to always echo the command entered back to stdout?
> > > >
> > > > set -x
> > > >
> > > > although it does add '+ ' to the beginning of inputs.
> > > >
> > > > > Also, what is the simplest way to configure bash to send all stdout
> > > > > to a printer?
> > > >
> > > > That would depend on how the printer has been set up in the first
> > place.
> > > >
> > > > If collecting it to a file that can be printed later is enough, try
> > > > this:
> > > >
> > > > exec > >(tee -i file)
> > > >
> > > > If you need it printed in real time, you could replace file
> > > > there with a named pipe and have a printing program read it.
> > > >
> > > > You could also consider if the "script" command would work
> > > > for your purpose.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Tapani Tarvainen
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>