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Re: head -n -1
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Dan Bolser |
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Re: head -n -1 |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:22:05 +0100 (BST) |
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Paul Jarc wrote:
>Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
>> "tail -n COUNT" already uses the sign of the count for something
>> different, so it would be confusing if "head" used the sign in the way
>> that you suggest.
>
>It might be a better parallel if "head -n -1" (or some other spelling)
>wrote all but the last N lines of the input.
That is what I thought first, then some how I changed my mind.
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>paul
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