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Re: Extend cat to have headers like head/tail
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Extend cat to have headers like head/tail |
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Mon, 13 May 2013 18:40:43 +0200 |
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Bob Proulx <bob-5cAygf9QrE/address@hidden> writes:
> Erik Auerswald wrote:
>> Eric Lavarde wrote:
>> > to check multiple files I often tend to use 'cat *somefiles*' but it's
>> > all concatenated and difficult to read, so I switch back to 'head
>> > -nSOMETHINGBIG *somefiles*' but it's not optimal and I might miss lines
>> > if a file is bigger than expected.
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>> Try head -n-0.
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> I like it!
This is non-standard. tail -n+1 is portable.
Andreas.
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