#!/bin/bash
s="alpha
beta
gamma"
#awk -v ln=1 '{print ln++ " " $0 }' <<< "$s"
sed -n 'x;/^$/ s/^.*$/1/;G;h;s/^/ /;s/^ *\(......\)\n/\1 /p;g;s/\n.*$//;/^9*$/ s/^/0/;s/.9*$/x&/;h;s/^.*x//;y/0123456789/1234567890/;x;s/x.*$//;G;s/\n//;h' <<< "$s"
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