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Re: Head -n argument position matters
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Edward Avis |
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Re: Head -n argument position matters |
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Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:53:16 +0100 (BST) |
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Jim Meyering wrote:
>That's the expected behavior, because options like `-1'
>are obsolete.
> $ env _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1
> head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Yikes! There sure are some crazy things going on in Posixland...
But surely in the current version of head, if -1 is accepted at the
start it should be accepted at the end too - for consistency with other
options.
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Ed Avis <address@hidden>
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