awk help,line number

jkl_jkl · #1 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008

I am grep-ing the word "this" in all the files in my dir.

$ awk '/this/' *
this is
this
this

I want the output as:

1)this is
2)this
3)this

How can I achieve this ? Please help.

HTH,
jkl_jkl

fpmurphy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008

Code:

awk '{ printf "%s)%s\n", NR, $0 }' file

jkl_jkl · #3 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by fpmurphy

Code:

awk '{ printf "%s)%s\n", NR, $0 }' file

This prints the line number, but my query was different :-)

Klashxx · #4 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008

Code:

awk '/this/{i++;print i")"$0}'  *

jkl_jkl · #5 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klashxx

Code:

awk '/this/{i++;print i")"$0}'  *

Thanks :-)

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