NUMBER(6) | Games Manual | NUMBER(6)

# NAME

`number` — convert Arabic numerals to English

# SYNOPSIS

`number` | [`-l`] [`--`] [# ...]

# 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:

`-l`
  Display the number on a single line.

`number` understands negative numbers (although they must be preceded by ‘--’ if they are on the command line to avoid being mistaken for options) and numbers in scientific notation (e.g. 1.234E+05).

March 17, 2008 | Debian