I'm trying to number list a certain section of the file but I'm not managing.

I want the IP section to be numbered only

Here is what I want to have:

[Output of what I would like][1]

Here is what I get:

[Output of what I get][2]

3. echo "Number Server" echo "-------- --------" nl server.list.txt echo -n "Enter the server number to delete: " select read select if [[ $select -eq 3 ]] then sed -i '3d' server.list.txt #deletes the 3rd line elif [[ $select -eq 4 ]] then sed -i '4d' server.list.txt #deletes the 4th line elif [[ $select -eq 5 ]] then sed -i '5d' server.list.txt #deletes the 5th line else echo "" echo "ERROR: The number entered is invalid !!!" echo "" fi;;

CodePudding user response：

Use sed to print the first two lines with spaces at the beginning.

Then use tail to pipe the rest of the file to nl.

sed -n '1,2s/^/   /' server.list.txt
tail -n  3 server.list.txt | nl