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* [TUHS] Line Numbers Before SysIII nl? BSD num?
@ 2022-07-23  2:57 segaloco via TUHS
  2022-07-23  5:56 ` [TUHS] " markus schnalke
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From: segaloco via TUHS @ 2022-07-23  2:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I've been looking into the history of the nl command lately, which has gotten me curious as to what facilities folks have used at various points in UNIX history for line numbering.

The earliest version of nl I've found is in System III, and it does not derive from Research, PWB, or CB.  Neither does it come from BSD, although BSD has the num command which, according to the source commentary, aims to replicate the '#' behavior of ex.

Were there any other facilities for printing back arbitrary lines from a file with line numbers?

Also, would anyone happen to know if the above appearance of nl might have been from the USG line given none of the others feature it?  It neither seems to be in V8-V10.  nl has managed to find its way into the POSIX standard, so it definitely has some staying power wherever it came from.

- Matt G.

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2022-07-23  5:56 ` [TUHS] " markus schnalke
2022-07-23  7:55   ` segaloco via TUHS
2022-07-23 11:01     ` Dan Cross
2022-07-23 11:20       ` John Cowan
2022-07-23 12:00         ` Dan Cross
2022-07-23 12:49           ` Norman Wilson
2022-07-23 13:20             ` Rob Pike
2022-07-23 13:36               ` Ralph Corderoy
2022-07-23 14:33               ` John Cowan
2022-07-24 19:45               ` Warner Losh
2022-07-24 20:33                 ` segaloco via TUHS
2022-07-24 21:04                   ` Warner Losh
2022-07-23 17:35             ` Clem Cole
2022-07-23 18:40               ` Phil Budne
2022-07-23 18:51                 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
2022-07-23 19:07                   ` Douglas McIlroy
2022-07-24 19:02           ` Tomasz Rola
2022-07-28  0:30             ` Tomasz Rola
2022-07-28  1:03               ` Phil Budne
2022-07-28  4:13                 ` [TUHS] SNOBOL and RATSNO William H. Mitchell
2022-07-29  4:28                   ` [TUHS] " Dave Horsfall
2022-07-29  5:07                   ` Tomasz Rola
2022-08-09  5:12                     ` Jonathan Gevaryahu
2022-08-09  6:11                       ` Rob Pike
2022-08-09 13:34                         ` Clem Cole
2022-08-09 15:15                           ` Andrew Hume
2022-08-09 18:26                             ` Clem Cole
2022-08-09 18:52                             ` Tom Teixeira
2022-08-09 21:25                             ` Rob Pike
2022-08-09 15:39                           ` Richard Salz
2022-08-09 13:56                         ` Larry McVoy
2022-08-09 16:45                         ` William H. Mitchell
2022-07-29  0:22                 ` [TUHS] SNOBOL and progeny [Was: Re: Re: Line Numbers Before SysIII nl? BSD num?] Stuff Received
2022-07-29  5:01                   ` [TUHS] " Charles H. Sauer
2022-07-29 14:07                     ` John Cowan
2022-07-29 15:37                   ` Dave Plonka

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