Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As said by the POSIX FAQ Q15, POSIX does not disallow this form: > > http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html
Yes, and coreutils CVS was updated about the same time that FAQ Q15 was written -- it was all part of the same process of clarifying and revising this area POSIX. As I understand it the POSIX spec is also planned to be formally updated in a future version. Unfortunately the current POSIX spec and the current stable coreutils have been out for a while. I suggest 'sed 1q' as a portable alternative to 'head -1', since by all accounts even the revised (future) POSIX spec will not require support for 'head -1'. (Also, "sed 1q" is a bit easier to type. :-) _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
