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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
.TH NL "1" "January 2024" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
nl \- number lines of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nl
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added.
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-body\-numbering\fR=\fI\,STYLE\/\fR
use STYLE for numbering body lines
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-section\-delimiter\fR=\fI\,CC\/\fR
use CC for logical page delimiters
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-footer\-numbering\fR=\fI\,STYLE\/\fR
use STYLE for numbering footer lines
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-header\-numbering\fR=\fI\,STYLE\/\fR
use STYLE for numbering header lines
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-line\-increment\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
line number increment at each line
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-join\-blank\-lines\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\-format\fR=\fI\,FORMAT\/\fR
insert line numbers according to FORMAT
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-no\-renumber\fR
do not reset line numbers for each section
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-number\-separator\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
add STRING after (possible) line number
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-starting\-line\-number\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
first line number for each section
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-number\-width\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
use NUMBER columns for line numbers
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
Default options are: \fB\-bt\fR \fB\-d\fR'\e:' \fB\-fn\fR \fB\-hn\fR \fB\-i1\fR \fB\-l1\fR \fB\-n\fR'rn' \fB\-s\fR<TAB> \fB\-v1\fR \fB\-w6\fR
.PP
CC are two delimiter characters used to construct logical page delimiters;
a missing second character implies ':'.
.PP
STYLE is one of:
.TP
a
number all lines
.TP
t
number only nonempty lines
.TP
n
number no lines
.TP
pBRE
number only lines that contain a match for the basic regular
expression, BRE
.PP
FORMAT is one of:
.TP
ln
left justified, no leading zeros
.TP
rn
right justified, no leading zeros
.TP
rz
right justified, leading zeros
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Scott Bartram and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nl>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) nl invocation\(aq
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