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nl: remove needless - (#16952)
Co-authored-by: Lena <126529524+acuteenvy@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-06-24 13:19:09 +00:00

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# nl
> Number lines from a file or from `stdin`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/nl>.
- Number non-blank lines in a file:
`nl {{path/to/file}}`
- Read from `stdin`:
`{{command}} | nl`
- Number [a]ll body lines including blank lines or do [n]ot number body lines:
`nl {{[-b|--body-numbering]}} {{a|n}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Number only the body lines that match a basic regular expression (BRE) [p]attern:
`nl {{[-b|--body-numbering]}} p'FooBar[0-9]' {{path/to/file}}`
- Use a specific increment for line numbering:
`nl {{[-i|--line-increment]}} {{increment}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Specify the line numbering format to [r]ight or [l]eft justified, keeping leading [z]eros or [n]ot:
`nl {{[-n|--number-format]}} {{rz|ln|rn}}`
- Specify the line numbering's width (6 by default):
`nl {{[-w|--number-width]}} {{col_width}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Use a specific string to separate the line numbers from the lines (TAB by default):
`nl {{[-s|--number-separator]}} {{separator}} {{path/to/file}}`