Printing data displayed in terminal mode

[cl at isbd.net]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 11:20:38AM -0400, alex wrote:
> There are times when I'd like to make printed copies of the useful data 
> that is displayed on terminal screens, such as that
> produced by 'apt-get --help' but there doesn't seem to be any kind of 
> print command available when such data is displayed.   Is there a way to 
> get  this kind of information into an editor (geditor ?) so it can be 
> printed?
> 
If your printer is set up the way mine is then you can simply pipe the
output into 'lpr'.

E.g.:-

    apt-get --help | lpr

Slightly more elegant (if you have it installed) is enscript, works
the same though:-

    apt-get --help | enscript



If you want to capture something already output to the terminal then
select it with the mouse and just do something like:-

    cat | lpr

and then paste the text.

-- 
Chris Green (chris at halon.org.uk)