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:

-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) 0.11.0