Is it possible to run head & use nl to number the lines?
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When i ran head file.txt && nl file.txt it did each command in order of occurance (which makes sense). Is it possible to have the head display with numbered lines, so that this:
word
word
word
would become this:
1 word
2 word
3 word
head nl
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
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When i ran head file.txt && nl file.txt it did each command in order of occurance (which makes sense). Is it possible to have the head display with numbered lines, so that this:
word
word
word
would become this:
1 word
2 word
3 word
head nl
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
32
add a comment |
When i ran head file.txt && nl file.txt it did each command in order of occurance (which makes sense). Is it possible to have the head display with numbered lines, so that this:
word
word
word
would become this:
1 word
2 word
3 word
head nl
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
32
When i ran head file.txt && nl file.txt it did each command in order of occurance (which makes sense). Is it possible to have the head display with numbered lines, so that this:
word
word
word
would become this:
1 word
2 word
3 word
head nl
head nl
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
32
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
32
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
edited Jan 19 at 8:47
Rui F Ribeiro
39.9k1479134
39.9k1479134
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
32
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
32
asked Jan 19 at 6:57
StucksnetStucksnet
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head file.txt | nl
The | creates a pipeline that takes the output of head file.txt and gives it to nl as its "standard" input. Bare nl without a file name will read its standard input and number it, so you get the output of head numbered as you wanted.
Without a pipe providing input, just
nl
would read input from the terminal that you typed. The pipe is a way of providing that data as though you'd typed it in like that.
You can pipe from any command that prints its output, and pipe to any command that reads from the terminal like that, and even pipe several things together:
head -n 50 file.txt | nl | tail -n 20
will give you numbered lines 31-50 from the file.
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
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Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
Jan 19 at 7:16
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head file.txt | nl
The | creates a pipeline that takes the output of head file.txt and gives it to nl as its "standard" input. Bare nl without a file name will read its standard input and number it, so you get the output of head numbered as you wanted.
Without a pipe providing input, just
nl
would read input from the terminal that you typed. The pipe is a way of providing that data as though you'd typed it in like that.
You can pipe from any command that prints its output, and pipe to any command that reads from the terminal like that, and even pipe several things together:
head -n 50 file.txt | nl | tail -n 20
will give you numbered lines 31-50 from the file.
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
Jan 19 at 7:16
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head file.txt | nl
The | creates a pipeline that takes the output of head file.txt and gives it to nl as its "standard" input. Bare nl without a file name will read its standard input and number it, so you get the output of head numbered as you wanted.
Without a pipe providing input, just
nl
would read input from the terminal that you typed. The pipe is a way of providing that data as though you'd typed it in like that.
You can pipe from any command that prints its output, and pipe to any command that reads from the terminal like that, and even pipe several things together:
head -n 50 file.txt | nl | tail -n 20
will give you numbered lines 31-50 from the file.
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
Jan 19 at 7:16
add a comment |
head file.txt | nl
The | creates a pipeline that takes the output of head file.txt and gives it to nl as its "standard" input. Bare nl without a file name will read its standard input and number it, so you get the output of head numbered as you wanted.
Without a pipe providing input, just
nl
would read input from the terminal that you typed. The pipe is a way of providing that data as though you'd typed it in like that.
You can pipe from any command that prints its output, and pipe to any command that reads from the terminal like that, and even pipe several things together:
head -n 50 file.txt | nl | tail -n 20
will give you numbered lines 31-50 from the file.
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
head file.txt | nl
The | creates a pipeline that takes the output of head file.txt and gives it to nl as its "standard" input. Bare nl without a file name will read its standard input and number it, so you get the output of head numbered as you wanted.
Without a pipe providing input, just
nl
would read input from the terminal that you typed. The pipe is a way of providing that data as though you'd typed it in like that.
You can pipe from any command that prints its output, and pipe to any command that reads from the terminal like that, and even pipe several things together:
head -n 50 file.txt | nl | tail -n 20
will give you numbered lines 31-50 from the file.
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
answered Jan 19 at 7:05
Michael HomerMichael Homer
47.9k8127166
47.9k8127166
Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
Jan 19 at 7:16
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Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
Jan 19 at 7:16
Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
Jan 19 at 7:16
Oh yea i forgot about that. Thanks
– Stucksnet
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