if we execute
in vi mode, it displays the line numbers. so how to make this permanently in a file.
Whenever i execute cat , the line numbers should be there. please help me.
thanks
Assuming you don't want the line numbers actually in the file, just shown when you cat the file, define an alias 'ncat' (probably not a good idea to alias cat):
Each time you execute something like ncat /tmp/foo the output will be prefixed with line numbers.
Hi all,
I need to number the lines in a file.
I tried using "set nu" in the vi editor, but it is only temporary.
Can anyone help me please.
Thanx in advance.
MK (4 Replies)
Hi all,
I need to number the lines in a file.
I tried using "set nu" in the vi editor, but it is only temporary.
Can anyone help me please.
Thanx in advance.
MK (1 Reply)
Hello everyone,
I want get numbered lines from a file. and i can do it with: sed = file.txt | sed "/./N; s/\n/ /" | sed -n "5,7p"
but the output that i get is something similar to:
5 line5
6 line6
7 line7
and i want something like this (with 2points after the number):
5:... (6 Replies)
Is there a way to number lines and use something other than ":" to separate the number from the line?
Or can anyone recommend a way to replace the ":" with a tab?
Here's what I'm working with:
16859:52.67
16860:46
16861:39.63
16862:33.88
16863:29.64
16864:26.27
16865:22.09... (1 Reply)
Running into a little problem with blank lines.
My file is of this format:
To number each line of the file i would use:
n=1
echo "$FILE" |
while read line
do
echo "$n) $line"
n=`expr $n + 1`
But really, i dont want to number the blank lines.
What i've tried is to use sed... (13 Replies)
hello again guys,
I tried to make a script but due to array's limitations I didn't succeed...so I'm asking you :)
I need numbering the lines according to date (everyday I need to restart the counter)
for example:
ABCBD 20080101 XXX 1
FSDFD 20080101 BBB 2
FSDFD 20080102 HHH 1
and so... (3 Replies)
I have a simple text file.
I want to number each line in that file .
for example:
My text file is
unix
my file
test
My output should be
1 unix
2 my file
3 test (5 Replies)
I am using ghostscript to convert a multi-page pdf file to individual jpg files. I am wondering if there is a way to get ghostscript to start numbering the output jpg files from zero? What i am trying to convey is that it starts naming my files from page_001.jpg, page_002.jpg, etc., and would like... (0 Replies)
Hi,
All I need to do is number a file.
The file looks like this
>
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
>
JKJKJKKKKKKJJJ
>
MMMMYKKKJKKK
what I want to do is number it so that theres a numerical value beside the >.
>1
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
>2
JKJKJKKKKKKJJJ (2 Replies)