VI Editor, :set nu

[jkinz at kinz.org (Jeff Kinz)]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:28:05AM -0400, paulc wrote:
> The vi editor has a neat function to enumerate the lines
> of a file with numbers, as in ' :set nu ' ...
> 
> I would like to be able to do this
> and capture the file (with the line numbers)
> so that I can save the file for an example, 
> then print out (???)
> 
> Is there a way to enumerate a file of code
> so that I can save, with line numbers ?

use the nl command :

nl <filename>   [redirect stdout to a file to save.]

> 
> thanks 
> 
> paulc
> 
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