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[head] wished an option to continue consuming the input after the specif

From: Thibault LE PAUL
Subject: [head] wished an option to continue consuming the input after the specified number of lines has been read
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:18:26 +0100
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Hello

As far as I know, when the specified number of lines has been read, the 'head' process stops, and a signal is sent to the anterior process in the pipe. I think this behavior is not always the best. I suggest to add an option to say head to continue reading the input until EOF.

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