Dan Bolser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Calls to head with negative line numbers should return that number of
> lines from the end of the file.

You can use "tail -n 1" for that.

"tail -n COUNT" already uses the sign of the count for something
different, so it would be confusing if "head" used the sign in the way
that you suggest.


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