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shellmacos-mojave

Does nl have a limit?

I have a file with over 3 million lines, but when I use the nl command, it seems to be limited to 6 digits, and rolls over every million. Is this a defect, or is there a way to work around this?

Solution

  • Ah, it has nothing to do with restarting number, it is related to the width.

    nl -w 10 MYFILE

    works.