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 logical page delimiters
-f
, --footer-numbering
=STYLE
use STYLE for numbering footer lines
-h
, --header-numbering
=STYLE
use STYLE for numbering header lines
-i
, --line-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 for each section
-s
, --number-separator
=STRING
add STRING after (possible) line number
-v
, --starting-line-number
=NUMBER
first line number for each section
-w
, --number-width
=NUMBER
use NUMBER columns for line numbers
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Default options are: -bt -d
'\:' -fn -hn -i1 -l1 -n
'rn' -s
<TAB>
-v1 -w6
CC are two delimiter characters used to construct logical page
delimiters; a missing second character implies ':'.
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