10-09-2009
Unix help to find blank lines in a file and print numbers on that line
Hi,
I would like to know how to solve one of my problems using expert unix commands.
I have a file with occasional blank lines;
for example;
dertu
frthu
fghtu
frtty
frtgy
frgtui
frgtu
ghrye
frhutp
frjuf
I need to edit the file so that the file looks like this;
1
dertu
frthu
fghtu
2
frtty
frtgy
frgtui
3
frgtu
ghrye
frhutp
frjuf
************
That is: I want to grep or find the blank line and sequentially number the blank lines and print that number in the blank space.
Hope you guys understood what I wanted.
Please let me know the best way for doing this;
Lucky Ali
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A + before n means it may be signed, indicating a positive or
negative change from the current value. Initial values for where
relevant, are given in parentheses.
.ad Adjust right margin.
.ar Arabic page numbers.
.br Line break. Subsequent text will begin on a new line.
.bl n Insert n blank lines.
.bp +n Begin new page and number it n. No n means +1.
.cc c Control character is set to c.
.ce n Center the next n input lines.
.de zz Define a macro called zz. A line with .. ends definition.
.ds Double space the output. Same as .ls 2.
.ef t Even page footer title is set to t.
.eh t Even page header title is set to t.
.fi Begin filling output lines as full as possible.
.fo t Footer titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hc c The character c (e.g., %) tells roff where hyphens are permitted.
.he t Header titles (even and odd) are set to t.
.hx Header titles are suppressed.
.hy n Hyphenation is done if n is 1, suppressed if it is 0. Default is 1.
.ig Ignore input lines until a line beginning with .. is found.
.in n Indent n spaces from the left margin; force line break.
.ix n Same as .in but continue filling output on current line.
.li n Literal text on next n lines. Copy to output unmodified.
.ll +n Line length (including indent) is set to n (65).
.ls +n Line spacing: n (1) is 1 for single spacing, 2 for double, etc.
.m1 n Insert n (2) blank lines between top of page and header.
.m2 n Insert n (2) blank lines between header and start of text.
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.na No adjustment of the right margin.
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.ni +n Indent line numbers by n (0) spaces.
.nf No more filling of lines.
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.ro Page numbers are printed in Roman numerals.
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.sp n Insert n blank lines, except at top of page.
.ss Single spacing. Equivalent to .ls 1.
.ta Set tab stops, e.g., .ta 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 (default).
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.tr ab Translate a into b on output.
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