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NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO


NAME

nl - number lines of files

SYNOPSIS

nl [''OPTION''?... [''FILE''?...

DESCRIPTION

Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

-b, --body-numbering=STYLE

use STYLE for numbering body lines

-d, --section-delimiter=CC

use CC for separating logical pages

-f, --footer-numbering=STYLE

use STYLE for numbering footer lines

-h, --header-numbering=STYLE

use STYLE for numbering header lines

-i, --page-increment=NUMBER

line number increment at each line

-l, --join-blank-lines=NUMBER

group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one

-n, --number-format=FORMAT

insert line numbers according to FORMAT

-p, --no-renumber

do not reset line numbers at logical pages

-s, --number-separator=STRING

add STRING after (possible) line number

-v, --first-page=NUMBER

first line number on each logical page

-w, --number-width=NUMBER

use NUMBER columns for line numbers

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

By default, selects __-v1 -i1 -l1 -sTAB -w6 -nrn -hn -bt

  • fn__. CC are two delimiter characters for separating

logical pages, a missing second character implies :. Type \ for . STYLE is one of:

a

number all lines

t

number only nonempty lines

n

number no lines

pREGEXP

number only lines that contain a match for REGEXP

FORMAT is one of:

ln

left justified, no leading zeros

rn

right justified, no leading zeros

rz

right justified, leading zeros

AUTHOR

Written by Scott Bartram and David !MacKenzie?.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for nl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and nl programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info nl

should give you access to the complete manual.


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