From 0143cb2335bb7f7def6c95eee3ce29372ca30388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David van Moolenbroek <david@minix3.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:36:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] support for head -n (suggested by xorquewasp)

---
 commands/simple/head.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 man/man1/head.1        |  7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/commands/simple/head.c b/commands/simple/head.c
index 3eb73776a..e29f24ae1 100755
--- a/commands/simple/head.c
+++ b/commands/simple/head.c
@@ -16,15 +16,25 @@ int argc;
 char *argv[];
 {
   FILE *f;
-  int n, k, nfiles;
+  int legacy, n, k, nfiles;
   char *ptr;
 
-  /* Check for flag.  Only flag is -n, to say how many lines to print. */
+  /* Check for flags.  One can only specify how many lines to print. */
   k = 1;
-  ptr = argv[1];
   n = DEFAULT;
-  if (argc > 1 && *ptr++ == '-') {
-	k++;
+  legacy = 0;
+  for (k = 1; k < argc && argv[k][0] == '-'; k++) {
+	ptr = &argv[k][1];
+	if (ptr[0] == 'n' && ptr[1] == 0) {
+		k++;
+		if (k >= argc) usage();
+		ptr = argv[k];
+	}
+	else if (ptr[0] == '-' && ptr[1] == 0) {
+		k++;
+		break;	
+	}
+	else if (++legacy > 1) usage();
 	n = atoi(ptr);
 	if (n <= 0) usage();
   }
@@ -73,6 +83,6 @@ FILE *f;
 
 void usage()
 {
-  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: head [-n] [file ...]\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: head [-lines | -n lines] [file ...]\n");
   exit(1);
 }
diff --git a/man/man1/head.1 b/man/man1/head.1
index a4acc0542..6e7907bd2 100644
--- a/man/man1/head.1
+++ b/man/man1/head.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 head \- print the first few lines of a file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBhead\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR] ...\fR
+\fBhead\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR | \fB\-n\fR \fIn\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR] ...\fR
 .br
 .de FL
 .TP
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ head \- print the first few lines of a file
 # \\$2
 ..
 .SH OPTIONS
-.FL "\-\fIn\fR" "How many lines to print"
+.FL "\-n \fIn\fR" "How many lines to print"
+.FL "\-\fIn\fR" "How many lines to print (backwards-compatible)"
 .SH EXAMPLES
-.EX "head \-6" "Print first 6 lines of \fIstdin\fR"
+.EX "head \-n 6" "Print first 6 lines of \fIstdin\fR"
 .EX "head \-1 file1 file2" "Print first line of two files"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-- 
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