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# 8  
Old 10-02-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by WIntellect
It's nice to see that my crap thread has turned into an interesting one - where you guys are showing different ways to do the same thing!

Thanks - and keep it up if you wish to...
Well, ok, if you insist... There is a "nl" program whose only job in life is to number lines.
# 9  
Old 10-23-2002
Very cunning Perderabo Smilie

Code:
 nl FileName > NewFile

cool command Smilie
# 10  
Old 10-29-2002
Re: Re: My crap PERL program

Quote:
Originally posted by Optimus_P


you can simplify it like so.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
while (<>) { chomp ; print $.,": $_\n"; }

You can simplify it even more:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -ln
print "$.: $_"

Or do it in awk:
Code:
#!/bin/awk
{ print NR ": " $0 }

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