how to print out line numbers of a text file? - Shell Programming and Scripting

forevercalz · #1 12-12-2005

i have this text file name test.txt which contain :
aaaaa bbb
iiiiiiiiiiiii ccf
ddaaa ddd

and i need a script that can print out the line numbers using a while loop..
so when the script is run..it will have this:
1
2
3

any ideas?

thanks guys

mona · #2 12-12-2005

I think the below sed command will help you

sed -n '=' datafile

forevercalz · #3 12-12-2005

thanks again for great help! solve part of my problem already..thanks...

encrypted · #4 12-12-2005

cat -n <filename>|awk '{print $1}'

should help

forevercalz · #5 12-12-2005

thanks very much!

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