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NUMBER(6)                    BSD Reference Manual                    NUMBER(6)

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     number - convert Arabic numerals to English

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br [-\b-l\bl] [_\b# _\b._\b._\b.]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     The n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br 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, n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br reads lines from the standard input.

     The options are as follows:

     -\b-l\bl      Display the number on a single line.

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     Although n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br understand fractions, it doesn't understand exponents.

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	3	N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
	4	number - convert Arabic numerals to English
	5
	6	S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
	7	n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br [-\b-l\bl] [_\b# _\b._\b._\b.]
	8
	9	D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
	10	The n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br utility prints the English equivalent of the number to the
	11	standard output, with each 10^3 magnitude displayed on a separate line.
	12	If no argument is specified, n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br reads lines from the standard input.
	13
	14	The options are as follows:
	15
	16	-\b-l\bl Display the number on a single line.
	17
	18	B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
	19	Although n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br understand fractions, it doesn't understand exponents.
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	21	4.4BSD March 31, 1994 1