nl

nl [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Options

--help

Print help information

--version, -V

Print version information

--body-numbering=<SYNTAX>, -b <SYNTAX>

use STYLE for numbering body lines

--section-delimiter=<CC>, -d <CC>

use CC for separating logical pages

--footer-numbering=<STYLE>, -f <STYLE>

use STYLE for numbering footer lines

--header-numbering=<STYLE>, -h <STYLE>

use STYLE for numbering header lines

--line-increment=<NUMBER>, -i <NUMBER>

line number increment at each line

--join-blank-lines=<NUMBER>, -l <NUMBER>

group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one

--number-format=<FORMAT>, -n <FORMAT>

insert line numbers according to FORMAT

--no-renumber, -p

do not reset line numbers at logical pages

--number-separator=<STRING>, -s <STRING>

add STRING after (possible) line number

--starting-line-number=<NUMBER>, -v <NUMBER>

first line number on each logical page

--number-width=<NUMBER>, -w <NUMBER>

use NUMBER columns for line numbers