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Re: head -n -1
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: head -n -1 |
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Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:29:47 -0700 |
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Dan Bolser <address@hidden> writes:
> Calls to head with negative line numbers should return that number of
> lines from the end of the file.
You can use "tail -n 1" for that.
"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.
- head -n -1, Dan Bolser, 2004/10/21
- Re: head -n -1,
Paul Eggert <=