> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Pursell > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:37 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: Looking for a Python Program/Tool That Will Add Line > Numbers to atxt File > > On Feb 14, 6:54 am, "W. Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > See Subject. It's a simple txt file, each line is a Python stmt, but > I need > > up to four digits added to each line with a space between the number > field > > and the text. Perhaps someone has already done this or there's a > source on > > the web for it. I'm not yet into files with Python. A sudden need has > burst > > upon me. I'm using Win XP. > > Not sure if "Python program/tool" means "a tool or a program > in Python", but if awk is okay, that's the tool I would use: > > awk '{printf( "%4d %s\n", NR % 10000, $0 )}'
On a related note, since it's probably easier to install Perl instead of awk on a windows box: type foo.java | perl -ne "$counter++; print sprintf(qq(%4d ), $counter), $_;" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
