{"id":3861,"date":"2023-02-07T15:26:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:56:46","slug":"linux-unix-cat-command-display-line-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-unix-cat-command-display-line-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux\/Unix: Cat Command Display Line Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can display line numbers with the <code>cat<\/code> command by using the <code>nl<\/code> (number lines) command. 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