Please add line numbers to the terminal.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

Like microsoft/terminal#17490 (comment) describes:

Description of the new feature/enhancement

As https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485923#c0 describes:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Invoke Konsole, and use a command like cat or https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/blob/04dac6ae6b2abcb91006b6a515cc26c72219ffd5/reference/7.4/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Content.md#example-2-limit-the-number-of-lines-get-content-returns to output the content of a file to the terminal.

OBSERVED RESULT

Without using cat's -b or -n flags, the content cannot be numbered. For others, like the aforecited Get-Content, it's impossible to output line numbers without writing code for every interaction to iterate over the lines.

Konsole has since gained the ability to display line numbers, as https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-enable-line-numbers-in-konsole/14435?u=rokejulianlockhart#always-3 depicts:

It's been invaluable for me, when reading long logs via the terminal. Consequently, I propose the same for Windows Terminal.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I'd rather that they be in a permanent separator following the text direction, or on the opposite of the text direction, still separated regardless (to prevent overlap). Specifically, as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485970#c3 describes:

I want it to be like a Konsole/Dolphin panel, so that it can be moved to the left or right. However, I'd like it to work like a plasmoid on a PlasmaShell panel does - when a new session is invoked (like when a new tab or window is created) it should be static, and not overlay, like any other panel does. However, I should be able to set a toggle (like PlasmaShell's pin feature) and have it then able to temporarily resize over the session until I pin it again, where it returns to its original size. It should also have a horizontal scrollbar for when the user accidentally sets it shorter than they need at the start of a session.

Does that make sense?

Interest	https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/comments/195lfac/how_can_i_see_the_line_number_in_console/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button demonstrates that desire for this exists.
Duplicates	https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+sort%3Aupdated-desc+%22terminal%22+%22line+numbers%22 returns 0 relevant results.

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[RokeJulianLockhart]

#211249 (comment)

@VSCodeTriageBot, I think that's a mistake.