tead
is a command in shell(terminal) to print first n lines of referenced file.
- synopsis
head -nN filename
tail
is a command in shell(terminal) to print first n lines of referenced file. - synopsis
tail -nN filename
Input for the file could be in any one of the following syntax.
-
node head.js file.txt
-> print first 10 lines of the given file. -
node head.js NOFILE
-> Print "head: cannot open 'NOFILE' for reading: No such file or directory". -
node head.js -N file.txt
-> Print first N lines of the given file. -
node head.js -N NOFILE
-> Print "head: cannot open 'NOFILE' for reading: No such file or directory". -
node head.js -a file.txt
-> Print "head: invalid number of lines: 'a'". -
node head.js -nN file.txt
-> Print first N lines of the given file. -
node head.js -nN NOFile
-> Print "head: cannot open 'NOFILE' for reading: No such file or directory". -
node head.js -na file.txt
-> Print "head: invalid number of lines: 'a'". -
node tail.js file.txt
-> print last 10 lines of the given file. -
node tail.js NOFILE
-> Print "tail: cannot open 'NOFILE' for reading: No such file or directory". -
node tail.js -N file.txt
-> Print last N lines of the given file. -
node tail.js -N NOFILE
-> Print "tail: cannot open 'NOFILE' for reading: No such file or directory". -
node tail.js -a file.txt
-> Print "tail: invalid number of lines: 'a'". -
node tail.js -nN file.txt
-> Print last N lines of the given file. -
node tail.js -nN NOFile
-> Print "tail: cannot open 'NOFILE' for reading: No such file or directory". -
node tail.js -na file.txt
-> Print "tail: invalid number of lines: 'a'".