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nl(1) |
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nl − number lines of files
nl [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
−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, −−line−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, −−starting−line−number=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 | ||
pBRE |
number only lines that contain a match for the basic regular expression, BRE |
FORMAT is one of:
ln |
left justified, no leading zeros |
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rn |
right justified, no leading zeros |
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rz |
right justified, leading zeros |
Written by Scott Bartram and David MacKenzie.
Report nl bugs
to bug−coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report nl translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
Copyright
© 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
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 coreutils 'nl invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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