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Subject: multiple copies of troff output (was: re: why troff?)
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Date: Thu, 12-Feb-87 19:40:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 12 19:40:11 1987
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In article <296@skatter.UUCP>, kuo@skatter.UUCP (Dr. Peter Kuo) writes:
> Another thing about troff is: when one needs 10 copies of the same formatted
> output, one has to run troff 10 times (or unless you photocopy).
> Or am I wrong about this?

troff will write to stdout if invoked with the -t flag.  i've used the trick
before:  troff -t file > file.lpr ; repeat 3 lpr -t file.lpr.

					mike