On 2023/11/14 08:19:11 -0300, Crystal Kolipe <kolip...@exoticsilicon.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 11:43:14AM +0100, Daniele B. wrote:
> > enanching the original tool "num".

I haven't read the previous linked stuff but

> /bin/cat already has the -c option to number lines, although it always starts
> numbering at 1.

I guess you meant -n, -c doesn't seem to exist.

> Wouldn't it be more useful to add the functionality to start numbering at a
> certain offset to /bin/cat by adding an argument to the -c option rather than
> creating a new tool?

One could argue that adding -n in the first place was a mistake (:

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