| 1 | NUMBER(6) BSD Reference Manual NUMBER(6) |
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| 3 | N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE |
| 4 | number - convert Arabic numerals to English |
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| 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.] |
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| 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. |
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| 14 | The options are as follows: |
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| 16 | -\b-l\bl Display the number on a single line. |
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| 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 |