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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 Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64