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add command line switch to "head" to always print filename
From: |
Matt Zagrabelny |
Subject: |
add command line switch to "head" to always print filename |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:50:54 -0600 |
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!
-m
- add command line switch to "head" to always print filename,
Matt Zagrabelny <=