std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (01/31/87)
From: ihnp4!ulysses!rv@sally.utexas.edu (Russel Vernon) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 13:18:22 est Are sed nq <file> # For 'head -n' and sed 1,nd <file> # For 'trail +n' so complicated that we should clutter things up with TWO new standard UNIX commands? (I'm pretty sure #1 appears in K&P somewhere; #2 is an obvious variant.) Let's keep in mind what UNIX is supposed to be about, and KISS! -Russ- Volume-Number: Volume 9, Number 39