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NUMBER(6) 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:
Display the number on a single line.

BUGS

Although number understand fractions, it doesn't understand exponents.
March 31, 1994 Debian