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46 lines
788 B
Groff
46 lines
788 B
Groff
.Dd December 4, 2014
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.Dt NL 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nl
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.Nd line numbering filter
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl b Ar type
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.Op Fl i Ar incr
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.Op Fl s Ar sep
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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reads lines from the named
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.Ar file
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and writes them to stdout with non-empty lines
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numbered. If no file is given
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.Nm
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reads from stdin.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl b Ar type
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Defines which lines will be numbered:
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.Bl -tag -width pstringXX
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.It a
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All lines.
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.It n
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No lines.
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.It t
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Only non-empty lines (default).
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.It p Ns Ar expr
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Only lines which match
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.Ar expr ,
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a regular expression as defined in
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.Xr regex 7
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.El
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.It Fl i Ar incr
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Defines the increment between numbered lines.
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.It Fl s Ar sep
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Defines the string used to separate line numbers and lines. By default this is
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a tab.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pr 1
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