Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:27:42 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: "nl" command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110150024250.84337-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGEEAICKAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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Scott Gerhardt wrote to parv:
>
> 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"???
Hi Scott,
You got the correct manpage... You should have quoted a bit more:
curs_outopts(3X) curs_outopts(3X)
NAME
clearok, idlok, idcok immedok, leaveok, setscrreg,
wsetscrreg, scrollok, nl, nonl - curses output options
^^
Note that the 'nl' function is included in the manpage for
curs_outopts(3X). All of the functions listed under "NAME" will produce
this manual page.
And, the important point is that nl is a library function, and not a
system command, so if you try to execute it from a command prompt, it will
of course report command not found.
Hope this helps,
- Ryan
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