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Navigatron
– Navigatron

2015-11-18 20:16:27 +00:00
Commented Nov 18, 2015 at 20:16
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Shows the line number taking as reference the entire file. tail -f | nl shows the line number taking as reference the first output of tail.

rafaelvalle
– rafaelvalle

2017-12-26 13:48:55 +00:00
Commented Dec 26, 2017 at 13:48
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This is very handy and addresses the OP's Title but not their question. They wanted to know how many times X appears in a file :P

Timmah
– Timmah

2019-06-18 04:02:47 +00:00
Commented Jun 18, 2019 at 4:02

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
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indent code by 4 spaces
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