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List:       coreutils
Subject:    Re: Split head.c into two files
From:       Eric Blake <eblake () redhat ! com>
Date:       2011-02-23 20:18:19
Message-ID: 4D656B8B.40401 () redhat ! com
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On 02/23/2011 11:56 AM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
> head.c is too complicated for a newbie to grasp at first glance. I
> suggest splitting the "all but last N lines" feature (head -n +$n)
> into a seperate source file, and preferably a seperate binary as well.

Thanks for the suggestion; however, I don't see any benefit to
performing such a split.  POSIX requires the head utility to do
everything, so splitting things into two apps would make head no longer
compliant, not to mention that the new app would not be installed on
many machines to begin with.  It's easier to keep everything
head-related in one file, like it has always been.

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