24 Jul
2022
24 Jul
'22
1:07 a.m.
Did you use "grep -n '.' "?
grep -n '^' matches blank lines, too.
Doug
On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 2:51 PM Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe(a)math.utah.edu> wrote:
Phil Budne <phil(a)ultimate.com> suggests "grep -n ." to print numbered
lines.
That mostly works, but loses blank lines, although they are properly
counted. I typically use
awk '{print FNR ":" $0}'
instead, which reports all lines, regardless of contents.
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