01-31-2009
how to add line numbers in text file
Hi all
How to add line numbers in text file..
ex
abcd
cdef
result
1. abcd
2. cdef
thx in advance
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NAME
BacklightdTester, Other_name_for_same_program(), Yet another name for the same program. -- This line parsed for whatis database.
SYNOPSIS
BacklightdTester, [-abcd] [-a path] [file] [file ...] arg0 arg2 ...
DESCRIPTION
Use the .Nm macro to refer to your program throughout the man page like such: BacklightdTester, Underlining is accomplished with the .Ar
macro like this: underlined text.
A list of items with descriptions:
item a Description of item a
item b Description of item b
A list of flags and their descriptions:
-a Description of -a flag
-b Description of -b flag
FILES
/usr/share/file_name FILE_1 description
/Users/joeuser/Library/really_long_file_name FILE_2 description
SEE ALSO
a(1), b(1), c(1), a(2), b(2), a(3), b(3)
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