NUML v1.10 - number lines

Revised 23-Aug-97. Copyright (c) 1996-97 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

Usage - Description - Options - Examples - Return codes


USAGE

numl [log logfile] [options] [infile] [to outfile]


DESCRIPTION

numl copies infile to outfile, preceeding every line with a line number (1, 2, ...).

If you don't specify infile, numl reads from standard input.
If you don't specify outfile, numl writes to standard output.
If you don't specify logfile, numl writes error messages to standard error.


OPTIONS

numl recognizes the following command line options:

An empty line is a line containing only newline.


EXAMPLES

Consider the example file "mydata.txt", containing four lines:

        this is the first line
        and this is the second

        and this is the last

The command:

        numl mydata.txt

prints:

        1 this is the first line
        2 and this is the second
        3
        4 and this is the last

The command:

        numl -s0 -nw "-f03 : " mydata.txt

prints:

        0000 : this is the first line
        0001 : and this is the second

        0003 : and this is the last

The command:

        numl -cw mydata.txt

prints:

        1 this is the first line
        2 and this is the second

        3 and this is the last


RETURN CODES

numl returns with one of the following codes ("error levels"):


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