Re: how to implement tail or head command ?

"maadhuu" <madhu_ranjan_m@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>hello ,
>I am writing a mini shell and I want to implement the tail and head
>command . How it works is , it takes a file as input ,and by default
>"head" will display the 1st 10 lines of the file and tail will display
>the last 10 lines . Any ideas as to how to read say, some k lines from a
>file ?

Hello Maadhuu,

I'm concerned that your primary goal is to write a mini-shell which,
itself, is a relatively difficult task compared to the difficulty of
the questions you're asking. Good luck, you'll certainly learn a lot
through such projects!

--
Chris.
.

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