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  1. From: ihnp4!ulysses!rv@sally.utexas.edu (Russel Vernon)
  2. Date: Wed, 28 Jan 87 13:18:22 est
  3.  
  4. Are
  5.     sed nq <file>    # For 'head -n'
  6. and
  7.     sed 1,nd <file>    # For 'trail +n'
  8.  
  9. so complicated that we should clutter things up with TWO new standard
  10. UNIX commands? (I'm pretty sure #1 appears in K&P somewhere; #2 is an
  11. obvious variant.)
  12.  
  13. Let's keep in mind what UNIX is supposed to be about, and KISS!
  14.  
  15.                     -Russ-
  16.  
  17. Volume-Number: Volume 9, Number 39
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