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 :
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plib...@eurqa3:~$ nl --first-page=0 email.txt
nl: unrecognized option `--first-page=0'
Try `nl --help' for more information.
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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>.
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Correct long option name is --starting-line-number=NUMBER
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plib...@eurqa3:~$ nl --starting-line-number=0 README.txt
0 Welcome to your home directory!
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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
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man page and --help for 'nl' utility is incorrect
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385490
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