NAME
nl - Number lines of files
SYNOPSIS
nl [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Number lines of files
OPTIONS
- --help
-
Print help information.
- -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
Possible values:
- •
-
ln
- •
-
rn
- •
-
rz
- -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
- -V, --version
-
Print version
EXTRA
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
- rn right justified, no leading zeros
- rz right justified, leading zeros
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0