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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
+.TH NL "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+nl \- number lines of files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B nl
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added.
+With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
+.PP
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-body\-numbering\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
+use STYLE for numbering body lines
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-section\-delimiter\fR=\fICC\fR
+use CC for separating logical pages
+.TP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-footer\-numbering\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
+use STYLE for numbering footer lines
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-header\-numbering\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
+use STYLE for numbering header lines
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-page\-increment\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
+line number increment at each line
+.TP
+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-join\-blank\-lines\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
+group of NUMBER empty lines counted as one
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
+insert line numbers according to FORMAT
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-no\-renumber\fR
+do not reset line numbers at logical pages
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-number\-separator\fR=\fISTRING\fR
+add STRING after (possible) line number
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-first\-page\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
+first line number on each logical page
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-number\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
+use NUMBER columns for line numbers
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.PP
+By default, selects \fB\-v1\fR \fB\-i1\fR \fB\-l1\fR \fB\-sTAB\fR \fB\-w6\fR \fB\-nrn\fR \fB\-hn\fR \fB\-bt\fR \fB\-fn\fR. CC are
+two delimiter characters for separating logical pages, a missing
+second character implies :. Type \e\e for \e. STYLE is one of:
+.TP
+a
+number all lines
+.TP
+t
+number only nonempty lines
+.TP
+n
+number no lines
+.TP
+pBRE
+number only lines that contain a match for the basic regular
+expression, BRE
+.PP
+FORMAT is one of:
+.TP
+ln
+left justified, no leading zeros
+.TP
+rn
+right justified, no leading zeros
+.TP
+rz
+right justified, leading zeros
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by Scott Bartram and David MacKenzie.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+The full documentation for
+.B nl
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B nl
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info nl
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.