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.
> ...
>
>
>
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