Re: add command line switch to "head" to always print filename

[Pádraig Brady]

On 26/02/2020 19:50, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Thank you for writing free software!
>
> I use a shell alias that uses GNU head via coreutils. The shell alias
> dumps out the contents of files.
>
> A stripped down version of my alias looks like:
>
> $ head -n -0 foo bar
> ==> foo <==
> contents of foo
>
> ==> bar <==
> contents of bar
>
> $ head -n -0 foo
> contents of foo
>
> I would like this output to also have the filename printed:
>
> $ head -n -0 --always-print-filename foo
> ==> foo <==
> contents of foo
>
> I am using coreutils 8.30.
>
> Thus, I am asking that something equivalent to --always-print-filename
> be added to GNU "head".
>
> Thank you for considering this feature request!

--verbose should do this already.

cheers,
Pádraig