Re: head -n -1

[Dan Bolser]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Paul Jarc wrote:

>Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
>> "tail -n COUNT" already uses the sign of the count for something
>> different, so it would be confusing if "head" used the sign in the way
>> that you suggest.
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>It might be a better parallel if "head -n -1" (or some other spelling)
>wrote all but the last N lines of the input.

That is what I thought first, then some how I changed my mind. 

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>paul
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