nl
Number lines of input (POSIX, toybox)
Syntax:
nl [-E] [-l num_blank] [-b mode] [-n style] [-s separator]
[-v line_num] [-w width] [file...]
Runs on:
QNX OS
Options:
- -b mode
- Which lines to number:
- a — all
- pREGEX — pattern
- t — non-empty (default)
- -E
- Use extended regex syntax (when doing -b pREGEX).
- -l num_blank
- ("el") Only count the last line of the specified number of consecutive blank lines.
- -n style
- Numbering style. Valid formats are:
- ln — left justified
- rn — right justified
- rz — zero padding
- -s separator
- Separator to use between a number and line (instead of using tab).
- -v line_num
- Starting line number for each section (default 1).
- -w width
- Width of the line numbers (default 6).
- file
- The pathname of a file to use as input.
Description:
This utility is provided as part of the toybox package. For information on how to enable it, see toybox.
Contributing author:
Rob Landley and the toybox project (see https://landley.net/toybox/).
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