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- From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
- Subject: Re: How do you cat only the first 50 lines of a file?
- Message-ID: <BxAALL.HGK@unix.amherst.edu>
- Organization: Homosexual Fascist Lobby, Rampant Paranoia Division
- References: <1992Nov5.160507.430@midway.uchicago.edu> <Bx98Er.2J9@cs.dal.ca>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 07:39:21 GMT
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- In article <Bx98Er.2J9@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov5.160507.430@midway.uchicago.edu> lie6@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >
- >>How do you, given a long file, cat only the first arbitrary number (say
- >>50) lines?
- >
- > I don't agree with conserving this to mail. What's compu.unix.* for,
- >if not to answer questions, and for newbies to learn?
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- Since comp.unix.* includes comp.unix.internals and comp.unix.wizards,
- I would say that the entire hierarchy is most definitely *not* there
- `for newbies to learn.' As far as comp.unix.questions goes, though,
- you're entirely correct, although the poster would have been far
- better served by calling user support at UChi.
-
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