[TUHS] [tuhs] The Unix shell: a 50-year view

[Nevin Liber]

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> He didn't need to abuse any existing program by adding new
> flags or the like; unless I am mistaken, `sed Nq', for some
> number `N', does exactly what `head -N' would do on a single
> file, obviating the very need for head(1).
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To summarize this discussion:

cat -v should be a separate executable and not a command line option.
That's the Unix way.

head isn't needed because we can already do it with the command line
options for sed.  That's the Unix way.
-- 
 Nevin ":-)" Liber  <mailto:nevin at eviloverlord.com>  +1-847-691-1404
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