MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

nl(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities nl(1)

-htype Speciﬁes the page header numbering type (see the –b option). The default type is n

(no lines numbered).

–in Sets the line increment to n rather than the default value of 1.

–ln When the page numbering type is a (all), blank lines are treated specially. Every nth

consecutive blank line is numbered. When this option is not speciﬁed, n defaults to 1

and, hence, every blank line is numbered.

–nfmt Speciﬁes the line numbering format, which must be one of the following:

n right justiﬁed line number, padded to width (see –w) on the left with spaces

(the default format).

rz right justiﬁed line number, padded on left with zeroes.

ln left justiﬁed line number, padded on right with spaces.

–p Speciﬁes continuous page numbering across page boundaries. By default, nl restarts

numbering (as in the next option) at each new page.

–ssep The string sep is printed to separate the line number from the text of the line being

numbered. When this option is not speciﬁed, this separator is a single tab character.

–v[n] Starts numbering for each new page at n. If this option is not speciﬁed, page number-

ing starts at 1.

–w[n] Sets the width of the line number in the output to n. If this is not speciﬁed, the default

is 6.

EXAMPLE

The following command numbers every second consecutive blank line, using page delimiters

of ˜!:

nl -l2 -ha -ba -fa -nrz -v10 -i10 -d˜! file

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 Successful completion.

1 An error occurred.

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