NAME

nl - line numbering filter

SYNOPSIS

nl [-V] [-p] [-b type] [-d delim] [-f type] [-h type] [-i incr] [-l num]
   [-n format] [-s sep] [-v startnum] [-w width] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

nl reads files sequentially and writes them to STDOUT, with line numbers added. If file is a dash "-" or if no file is given as argument, nl reads from STDIN.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported.

-V              version
-b type         'a'     all lines
                't'     only non-empty lines (default)
                'n'     no numbering
                'pexpr' only lines matching pattern specified by expr
                'eexpr' exclude lines matching pattern specified by expr
-d delim        characters (max 2) indicating new section (default : '\\:')
-f type         same as -b but for footer lines (default : 'n')
-h type         same as -b but for header lines (default : 'n')
-i incr         increment value (default : 1)
-n format       'ln'    left justified
                'rn'    right justified without leading zeros (default)
                'rz'    right justified with leading zeros
-p              single page (don't restart numbering at pages delimiters)
-s sep          characters between number and text line (default : TAB)
-v startnum     initial value to number pages (default : 1)
-w width        line number width (default : 6)

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to kaldor@cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://github.com/briandfoy/PerlPowerTools/issues.

AUTHOR

jul, kaldor@cpan.org

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by jul.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)