-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-06 17:27, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 11:13 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: >> Working on another issue, I wanted to print a README. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/doc/migrationtools$ print ./README >> Warning: unknown mime-type for "./README" -- using "application/*" >> Error: no "print" mailcap rules found for type "application/*" >> >> A quick look at mailcap showed I really did not want to dive into there >> yet :) >> >> I am using cupsys to print to a lpd network printer. I never tried to >> print from the cli before, how do you do it? > > Never mind. I did not want to spend any time deciphering that above > file. But I did a quick google: how to print cli cups and found this > > http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/using-a-cups-printer-from-command-line/ > > and tried this: lpr README and what do you know? It printed! > > I knew about lpr, but having never set up lpr (always used cups) I did > not know that would work. So, I got it printed and did not spend a lot > of time trying to figure it out.
You might also try a2ps. It can also 'pretty-print' your output. Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFISYvuC1NzPRl9qEURApoNAJ4oITOj+DzzL2smMdyRM/RQJ6cE8wCfYr6K yP79yeIOCVQ9upQZ/3oIw+U= =XK7z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
