Re: Request for 'head' & 'trail Commands

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Author: std-unix
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1987 17:57

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From: ihnp4!ulysses!rv@sally.utexas.edu (Russel Vernon)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 13:18:22 est

Are
	sed nq <file>	# For 'head -n'
and
	sed 1,nd <file>	# For 'trail +n'

so complicated that we should clutter things up with TWO new standard
UNIX commands? (I'm pretty sure #1 appears in K&P somewhere; #2 is an
obvious variant.)

Let's keep in mind what UNIX is supposed to be about, and KISS!

					-Russ-

Volume-Number: Volume 9, Number 39

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