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.TH nl 1  "nl (uutils coreutils) 0.6.0" 
.SH NAME
nl \- Number lines of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBnl\fR [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-b\fR|\fB\-\-body\-numbering\fR] [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-section\-delimiter\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-footer\-numbering\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-header\-numbering\fR] [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-line\-increment\fR] [\fB\-l\fR|\fB\-\-join\-blank\-lines\fR] [\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-number\-format\fR] [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-no\-renumber\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-number\-separator\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-starting\-line\-number\fR] [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-number\-width\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIfile\fR] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
Number lines of files
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Print help information.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-body\-numbering\fR \fI<STYLE>\fR
use STYLE for numbering body lines
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-section\-delimiter\fR \fI<CC>\fR
use CC for separating logical pages
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-footer\-numbering\fR \fI<STYLE>\fR
use STYLE for numbering footer lines
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-header\-numbering\fR \fI<STYLE>\fR
use STYLE for numbering header lines
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-line\-increment\fR \fI<NUMBER>\fR
line number increment at each line
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-join\-blank\-lines\fR \fI<NUMBER>\fR
group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\-format\fR \fI<FORMAT>\fR
insert line numbers according to FORMAT
.br

.br
[\fIpossible values: \fRln, rn, rz]
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-no\-renumber\fR
do not reset line numbers at logical pages
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-number\-separator\fR \fI<STRING>\fR
add STRING after (possible) line number
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-starting\-line\-number\fR \fI<NUMBER>\fR
first line number on each logical page
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-number\-width\fR \fI<NUMBER>\fR
use NUMBER columns for line numbers
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.SH EXTRA
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
.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.6.0