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Answer by pepoluan for How do I add line numbers to the man page?

Others have given working solutions, so I'd like to just add an alternative:Install the following 2 packages:batbat-extrasThe latter will install an application called batman, which will not only...

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Answer by aviro for How do I add line numbers to the man page?

From man man: -P pager, --pager=pager Specify which output pager to use. By default, man uses less -s. This option overrides the $MANPAGER environment variable, which in turn overrides the $PAGER...

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Answer by GAD3R for How do I add line numbers to the man page?

Open a manpage, Hit -N then Enter. ( -, then ShiftN, then Enter)e,g: man man: 1 MAN(1) Manual pager utils MA 2 3 NAME 4 man - an interface to the system reference manuals 5 6 SYNOPSIS 7 man [man...

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Answer by Paul_Pedant for How do I add line numbers to the man page?

man outputs long lines and assumes you have a pager like less.Note that the line numbers in the output of a specific man page can vary, because man breaks lines according to the window width you run it...

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How do I add line numbers to the man page?

How can I add line numbers to man pages or info pages in Linux?I want to use line numbers to navigate in man pages.I can write the man page in a file and then open it with Vim, but is there a better way?

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