B.7.1 ASCII output options

output-file=filename

File to which output should be sent. This can be an ordinary filename (e.g., "pspp.txt"), a pipe filename (e.g., "|lpr"), or stdout ("-"). Default: "pspp.list".

char-set=char-set-type

One of ascii or latin1. This has no effect on output at the present time. Default: ascii.

form-feed-string=form-feed-value

The string written to the output to cause a formfeed. See also paginate, described below, for a related setting. Default: "\f".

newline-string=new-line-value

The string written to the output to cause a new-line (carriage return plus linefeed). The default, which can be specified explicitly with newline-string=default, is to use the system-dependent new-line sequence by opening the output file in text mode. This is usually the right choice.

However, newline-string can be set to any string. When this is done, the output file is opened in binary mode.

paginate=boolean

If set, a formfeed (as set in form-feed-string, described above) will be written to the device after every page. Default: on.

tab-width=tab-width-value

The distance between tab stops for this device. If set to 0, tabs will not be used in the output. Default: 8.

init=initialization-string.

String written to the device before anything else, at the beginning of the output. Default: "" (the empty string).

done=finalization-string.

String written to the device after everything else, at the end of the output. Default: "" (the empty string).