View a File with Line Numbers
Posted September 4, 2003 by Quinn McHenry in UNIX
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Using the cat command in UNIX, a file can be displayed with the line number of each line preceding the line.
Here is an example of displaying the file filename with line numbers:
cat -n filename
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Quinn was one of the original co-founders of Tech-Recipes. He is currently crafting iOS applications as a senior developer at Small Planet Digital in Brooklyn, New York.
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