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NUMBER(6) BSD Games Manual NUMBER(6)

NAME

number — convert Arabic numerals to English

SYNOPSIS

number [−l] [number ...]

DESCRIPTION

The number utility prints the English equivalent of the number to the standard output, with each 10^3 magnitude displayed on a separate line. If no argument is specified, number reads lines from the standard input.

The options are as follows:

−l

Display the number on a single line.

BUGS

Although number understand fractions, it doesn’t understand exponents.

BSD March 31, 1994 BSD

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