Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:01 -0600 From: "Scott Gerhardt" <scott@gerhardt-it.com> To: "parv" <parv_@yahoo.com> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: "nl" command Message-ID: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGEEAICKAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com> In-Reply-To: <20011015001019.A1780@moo.holy.cow>
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Nope, not high (wish I was at the time). I did make a typo in my original post and piped "ls -al | ln" (should have been nl). I did not quote the wrong man page though here is the output, just did it again: 1014 scott@blue: /root # man nl curs_outopts(3X) curs_outopts(3X) NAME clearok, idlok, idcok immedok, leaveok, setscrreg, wsetscrreg, scro Why do I get this man page for "man nl"??? > -----Original Message----- > From: parv [mailto:parv_@yahoo.com] > Sent: October 14, 2001 10:10 PM > To: Scott Gerhardt > Cc: FreeBSD > Subject: Re: "nl" command > > > this was, on the fateful occasion around Oct 14 22:18 -0400, > sent by Scott Gerhardt > > > > I'm new to FreeBSD but not new to Linux/UNIX so bear with me. > > I tried using "nl" to number lines in standard out put and I > got this: > > > > 102 scott@blue: /home/scott > ls -al | ln > > usage: ln [-fhinsv] file1 file2 > > ln [-fhinsv] file ... directory > > link file1 file2 > > > > you sure you are not high? you tried 'ln' not 'nl' and quoted > the wrong man page, curs_outopts(3X). > > try again... > > > NL(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual > NL(1) > > NAME > nl - line numbering filter > > SYNOPSIS > nl [-p] [-b type] [-d delim] [-f type] [-h type] [-i > incr] [-l num] > [-n format] [-s sep] [-v startnum] [-w width] [file] > > DESCRIPTION > The nl utility reads lines from the named file or the > standard input if > the file argument is ommitted, applies a configurable > line numbering fil- > ter operation and writes the result to the standard output. > > The nl utility treats the text it reads in terms of logical pages. > Unless specified otherwise, line numbering is reset at > the start of each > logical page. A logical page consists of a header, a > body and a footer > section; empty sections are valid. Different line > numbering options are > independently available for header, body and footer sections. > ... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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