From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25899 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2022 13:21:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Jul 2022 13:21:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F20944068E; Sat, 23 Jul 2022 23:21:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-f52.google.com (mail-vs1-f52.google.com [209.85.217.52]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E836140614 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2022 23:21:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-f52.google.com with SMTP id x125so6613483vsb.13 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:21:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc; bh=+kOYKM9yi3HOQ+x6SdtTZTfE4zmXnA9LgDHmNg+b4fo=; b=NpAwwz6WB80Wy6U/FspNrUC2pOSOoyOIRFKDJRj+kuETeQZ5XAz4ulGTnYN/7M2e5w nXV3TiIvkNZBVzzBt3KCEVKfd/mN2OWuJ7nzRSqLIhFIiAuBNSaEuyVLtwlmD1Qpzz7w zr53uQHKU4gSlaOOuOm7nlLIjkNo14Y1K5gO9GyaPZNMOWYxJjxwpI1IV5hpq8QEm5zA pQXg1BYC8Ae6+j3XhnSVKRJhxRdwE6b+7mAxBsZOUp/gGc+QE8M3cJA4/eiPsE9hpN6l IL2NN0JB5zXVUGSGHnFo9G7qh0IbDVEEDyUG8a9DdCdJ5o46v021UmI87jEmiPu4prqP 6jAg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=+kOYKM9yi3HOQ+x6SdtTZTfE4zmXnA9LgDHmNg+b4fo=; b=hr5BQ4jIjQMwFTvsW4U+XvLX1GO+RO+en0XIxp0U2r8NLjYmh8LbtQDDsYQ9abPM/D joTXz8k8F1T9Re59AWmdi06OlZq57VHjaUOqLcx+YGPh6LovPxdMVgO+262BPOQWoQ9b lj2kBlw4XjRAt/U6zuhDNjc0RHZ7bz8WMqF0CdryhNRhZUo9H55AijHwNOt1Zslsj5WE mLSkweamBLxRlc3eZ46sGr9ttATzS7m4gxyR5wifbg6pfw7TZ5MkwXYj+/0JNOBM7G5g j9iYHdOjVAtVlNc4vm8FtDtQX+6Wz8P4T9jPuKiecJvGW+dcsMzIrEeFgEo6O+bUzo05 0+Ew== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora9GsggovGyDPv9HY0GGsIJ5IGK0oCSeDSRV9LG79uMP8pj5QeCC 705PZFkKhGGafun7eZiwSmuJ45I8T2Ab9Pp4O3nuN/1/ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1sH/9C7JFouTG+IUZIJeKwgWgAlu8CmyR0eVKyf8i4t2OMGHyzeuknuTvqWadSaIP8ylIn8h8ieZ4D1d7/WKxE= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:911:b0:357:58d7:3ec with SMTP id x17-20020a056102091100b0035758d703ecmr1322042vsh.19.1658582415853; Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:20:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1oF87S-4zW-00@marmaro.de> <8NgHeeJiYEBE0zhtd9RdKIeYWcAwtxsnAj7YhVIvLpz-yt0__LeFvVzNNGgSNTeDGnVQy-qxkoHWvmRi84ybYyNAiMRDJuVoAaEG96UAu4s=@protonmail.com> <83CADD1C2866986767CAF9251E6EF882.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: <83CADD1C2866986767CAF9251E6EF882.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> From: Rob Pike Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 23:20:04 +1000 Message-ID: To: Norman Wilson Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: J5AFLEGJ4QDHPQAX57LSLCXNBEJOTXXY X-Message-ID-Hash: J5AFLEGJ4QDHPQAX57LSLCXNBEJOTXXY X-MailFrom: robpike@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Line Numbers Before SysIII nl? BSD num? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Very odd. I thought so too, but the 8th Edition manual says pr -n prints in n columns, while the 9th and 10th say it numbers the lines. No memory, if I ever knew, of what triggered that change. -rob On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 10:50 PM Norman Wilson wrote: > > I had a vague memory that pr could be made > to number lines, but a quick check of the 7/e > manual says no. > > I expect Dan's right, and none of the 127 folks > felt much need to number lines on printouts > so nobody wrote the obvious simple tool. > > Ironic, since the Unix PDP-11 used by the patent > licensing office (and I think shared with the > research group, and that was how their first > PDP-11 was justified and funded) happened > because the patent folks needed line-numbered > output and roff was easily modified to do that. > > Maybe Doug or Ken or Steve has first-hand > memories. > > Norman Wilson > Toronto ON > (on a train shuffling toward Buffalo)