Line numbers on a file.

[pjb]

I need to put line numbers on a file in the first 8 positions. What is a good way?

 

[CaKiwi]

One way is to use awk

awk '{printf("%8d %s\n",NR,$0)}' infile > outfile

Hope this helps. CaKiwi

 

[quirkasaurus]

nl -ba $file | tee $file.fmt

 

[vgersh99]

cat -n ${file}