Public bug reported: Binary package hint: coreutils
nl gives possibility to change the number it starts numbering the line with (-v short option0. man page and --help gives long option as --first-page=NUMBER. This is not accepted : ---- plib...@eurqa3:~$ nl --first-page=0 email.txt nl: unrecognized option `--first-page=0' Try `nl --help' for more information. ---- plib...@eurqa3:~$ nl --help Usage: nl [OPTION]... [FILE]... Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -b, --body-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering body lines -d, --section-delimiter=CC use CC for separating logical pages -f, --footer-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering footer lines -h, --header-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering header lines -i, --page-increment=NUMBER line number increment at each line -l, --join-blank-lines=NUMBER group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one -n, --number-format=FORMAT insert line numbers according to FORMAT -p, --no-renumber do not reset line numbers at logical pages -s, --number-separator=STRING add STRING after (possible) line number -v, --first-page=NUMBER first line number on each logical page -w, --number-width=NUMBER use NUMBER columns for line numbers --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit By default, selects -v1 -i1 -l1 -sTAB -w6 -nrn -hn -bt -fn. CC are two delimiter characters for separating logical pages, a missing second character implies :. Type \\ for \. STYLE is one of: a number all lines t number only nonempty lines n number no lines pBRE number only lines that contain a match for the basic regular expression, BRE FORMAT is one of: ln left justified, no leading zeros rn right justified, no leading zeros rz right justified, leading zeros Report bugs to <bug-coreut...@gnu.org>. ---- Correct long option name is --starting-line-number=NUMBER ---- plib...@eurqa3:~$ nl --starting-line-number=0 README.txt 0 Welcome to your home directory! ---- man page and --help output needs to be corrected. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: coreutils 6.10-6ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: coreutils Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64 ** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- man page and --help for 'nl' utility is incorrect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385490 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs