I've used the -n option to cat recently to get line numbers. E.g.:

  cat -n README.txt

I don't remember using nl before.

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:15 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Those of you who are professional system/network admins probably know about
> the little tool, 'nl,' that numbers lines in text files
> <https://ss64.com/bash/nl.html>. For non-professionals like me it's a
> great
> find as I work regularly with text files and it solved a problem more
> quickly than by using gawk.
>
> Perhaps others will find this useful on occasion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
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