[Bug other/14251] Use POSIX-compatible flags for 'head' and 'tail'

[jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk]

------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk  2004-04-29 23:29 -------
Subject: Re:  Use POSIX-compatible flags for 'head' and 'tail'

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, bangerth at dealii dot org wrote:

> Here is one such macro, whether 'head' accepts '-n'. I don't have 
> an archaic system sitting around, so I can't test whether it also 
> works for systems without support for -n :-( 

Note that this isn't needed for head, which has portable replacements

sed q
sed 2q
sed 3q

etc. - it may be needed for tail though.



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