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Re: Adding Line Numbers to a text file

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From: Fred Smith
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:00
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Dominic Mitchell (dom@phmit.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In comp.text, Arnzie <mkarnel@ballarat.starway.net.au> wrote:
: >Hi, I was wondering if anybody could tell me where I could find a program
: >which prints line numbers.
: >I have a text file with the code from a program I made in Borland JBuilder,
: >and I want to add line numbers to the start
: >for easy reference. If anybody knows of such a program, could they please
: >email me at mkarnel@ballarat.starway.net.au

: If your Unix has it, you can use the nl(1) utility.  Otherwise, some
: versions of cat(1) can do line numbering for you.  Failing all that, try
: using a little awk(1) script along the lines of:

Or if you have a grep utility:

	grep -n '^.*$' infile > outfile

Fred
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From: fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us (Fred Smith)
Subject: Re: Adding Line Numbers to a text file
Date: 1998/09/21
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