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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to insert a line number on every line Post 302069417 by mopimp on Saturday 25th of March 2006 09:44:26 AM
Old 03-25-2006
its ok i have solved it......

grep $USER file>> newfile
sed = file3 | sed 'N;s/\n/\)/' # this prints number for every line....with a very nice right bracket ie 1)...
2)...

thanks for all your help
i would be lost with out it....

thanks
 

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insertln(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					insertln(3XCURSES)

NAME
insertln, winsertln - insert a line in a window SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int insertln(void); int winsertln(WINDOW *win); PARAMETERS
win Is a pointer to the window in which to insert the line. DESCRIPTION
The insertln() and winsertln() functions insert a blank line before the current line in stdscr or win, respectively. The new line becomes the current line. The current line and all lines after it in the window are moved down one line. The bottom line in the window is dis- carded. RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR. ERRORS
None. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
bkgdset(3XCURSES), deleteln(3XCURSES), insdelln(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 5 Jun 2002 insertln(3XCURSES)
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