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Old 09-23-2008
printing first n lines in a file without using head
i have to print first n lines of a file. how can i do that without using head command. for some reason i do not want to use Head. is there a way to get that result using awk or sed?.
i an using this on korn shell for AIX


Thanks..
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Old 09-23-2008
sed -n '1,n' p file
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Old 09-23-2008
Code:
sed -n '1p' file

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Old 09-23-2008
Code:
awk 'FNR < 3' file

First two lines.
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Old 09-23-2008
Thanks Guys...
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Old 09-24-2008
What a strange question. Are you setting up a headless server??
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Old 09-24-2008
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Originally Posted by otheus
What a strange question. Are you setting up a headless server??
Or it's just a homework assignment ...
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