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		smallpipe 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TmuxAI: AI-Powered, Non-Intrusive Terminal Assista... TIL that `head -5` is equivalent to `head -n 5`, and that's not in the manual

ksala_ 8 months ago | [–]

It’s called out as obsolete in the coreutils documentation, https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/head..., which probably explains the lack of references in the manual

jclulow 8 months ago | [–]

Depends on which manual you read; e.g., it's documented in https://illumos.org/man/1/head

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