> > > He didn't need to abuse any existing program by adding new > flags or the like; unless I am mistaken, `sed Nq', for some > number `N', does exactly what `head -N' would do on a single > file, obviating the very need for head(1). > To summarize this discussion: cat -v should be a separate executable and not a command line option. That's the Unix way. head isn't needed because we can already do it with the command line options for sed. That's the Unix way. -- Nevin ":-)" Liber +1-847-691-1404