March 31, 1994 NUMBER 6

### NAME

number - convert Arabic numerals to English

### SYNOPSIS

number [-l] [number ...]

### 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.

### BUGS

Although number understand fractions, it doesn't understand exponents.