number(6)

number6

Convert arabic numerals to english

Usage

number [-l] [number ...]

Overview

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.

Releases

16 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 1.3
  2. 2.0–3.0
  3. 3.1–13

-l since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

Bugs

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

From bsdgames 2.17-35 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.