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Numbering lines in a file
Post 30326 by Neo on Sunday 20th of October 2002 10:06:52 PM
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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
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.
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
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):
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
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.
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
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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
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
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
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
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
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hey
a file called test :
Code:
hey1
hey2
hey3
........
how to :
Code:
1.hey1
2.hey2
3.hey3
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if we execute :set nu 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.
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nl
NL(1) User Commands NL(1) NAME
nl - number lines of files SYNOPSIS
nl [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -b, --body-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering body lines -d, --section-delimiter=CC use CC for separating logical pages -f, --footer-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering footer lines -h, --header-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering header lines -i, --page-increment=NUMBER line number increment at each line -l, --join-blank-lines=NUMBER group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one -n, --number-format=FORMAT insert line numbers according to FORMAT -p, --no-renumber do not reset line numbers at logical pages -s, --number-separator=STRING add STRING after (possible) line number -v, --starting-line-number=NUMBER first line number on each logical page -w, --number-width=NUMBER use NUMBER columns for line numbers --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit By default, selects -v1 -i1 -l1 -sTAB -w6 -nrn -hn -bt -fn. CC are two delimiter characters for separating logical pages, a missing second character implies :. Type \ for . STYLE is one of: a number all lines t number only nonempty lines n number no lines pBRE number only lines that contain a match for the basic regular expression, BRE FORMAT is one of: ln left justified, no leading zeros rn right justified, no leading zeros rz right justified, leading zeros AUTHOR
Written by Scott Bartram and David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
Report nl bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for nl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and nl programs are properly installed at your site, the com- mand info coreutils 'nl invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 NL(1)