Automatically numbering lines on a two column document for some numbers and not all of them

Question

I have two column document in which I wish insert line numbers. I have used \usepackege{lineno}, I used \linenumbers for inserting line numbers at the left of the left column, and \rightlinenumbers for inserting line numbers at the right of the right column. But there are several problems:

1- I wish to have automatically left and right numbering and not manually. In the above mentioned procedure, we have to manually insert for example \rightlinenumbers.

2- I could not understand how we can insert some numbers and not all numbers: For example, 1, 5, 15, 20,... and not 1,2,3,4,....

How can I do these wishes?!

Also, upon below answer, we used \usepackage[switch]{lineno} but result is as

Unfortunately it does not work!!! Numbers does not emerge at the left of the left column!!!

Regarding your second request, the lineno package option modulo might be useful. If you want a dfferent numbering scheme than numbering every fifth line, \modulolinenumbers[<number>] might be interesting. — leandriis, Jul 17 '19 at 14:03
Related: Lineno for 2 column and Numbering not every line with lineno — leandriis, Jul 17 '19 at 14:46
You need to run twice to get the line number in the proper columns. — John, Jul 17 '19 at 15:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 17 '19 at 14:00

To accomplish this, you can invoke lineno with the option switch. Be sure to run twice for the correct outcome.

\documentclass[11pt,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[switch]{lineno}

\begin{document}
\linenumbers
\lipsum{1-24}

\end{document}

Automatically numbering lines on a two column document for some numbers and not all of them

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