you can do this in sam with an external program ; cat /bin/nl #!/bin/rc
if(~ $#* 0) awk '{printf("%4d %s\n", ++lineno, $0);}' if not for(i) awk '{printf("%4d %s\n", ++lineno, $0);}' < $i ; sam -d /lib/volcanoes 1,10>nl 1 This nice little file came from the Smithsonian. 2 Doug McIlroy 3 4 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 5 GLOBAL VOLCANISM PROGRAM 6 NHB MRC 119, Washington, DC 20560 7 8 VOLCANOES OF THE WORLD - 1992 9 10 ! - erik