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30.Dd March 31, 1994
31.Dt NUMBER 6
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm number
35.Nd convert Arabic numerals to English
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl l
39.Op Ar \&# ...
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43utility prints the English equivalent of the number to the standard
44output, with each 10^3 magnitude displayed on a separate line.
45If no argument is specified,
46.Nm
47reads lines from the standard input.
48.Pp
49The options are as follows:
50.Bl -tag -width Ds
51.It Fl l
52Display the number on a single line.
53.El
54.Sh BUGS
55Although
56.Nm
57understand fractions, it does not understand exponents.
58