On 2023/11/14 08:19:11 -0300, Crystal Kolipe <kolip...@exoticsilicon.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 11:43:14AM +0100, Daniele B. wrote: > > enanching the original tool "num".
I haven't read the previous linked stuff but > /bin/cat already has the -c option to number lines, although it always starts > numbering at 1. I guess you meant -n, -c doesn't seem to exist. > Wouldn't it be more useful to add the functionality to start numbering at a > certain offset to /bin/cat by adding an argument to the -c option rather than > creating a new tool? One could argue that adding -n in the first place was a mistake (: