File: first.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (c) 2026 pacman64
   6 #
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  24 
  25 
  26 # first [options...] [max lines...] [files...]
  27 #
  28 # Limit output to only the first n given lines, using the leading number given,
  29 # or the first line by default. This is just more intuitive than using the
  30 # basic command `head -n`.
  31 #
  32 # The options are, available both in single and double-dash versions
  33 #
  34 #    -h, -help    show this help message
  35 
  36 
  37 buffered=0
  38 
  39 case "$1" in
  40     -b|--b|-buffered|--buffered)
  41         buffered=1
  42         shift
  43     ;;
  44 
  45     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  46         awk '/^# +first /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  47         exit 0
  48     ;;
  49 
  50     --) ;;
  51 
  52     -*)
  53         printf "unsupported option '%s'\n" "$1" >&2
  54         exit 1
  55     ;;
  56 esac
  57 
  58 lines=1
  59 if echo "$1" | grep -q -E '^\+?[0-9]+$'; then
  60     lines="$1"
  61     shift
  62 fi
  63 
  64 [ "$1" = '--' ] && shift
  65 
  66 # head -n "${lines}" "$@"
  67 
  68 # show all non-existing files given
  69 failed=0
  70 for arg in "$@"; do
  71     [ "${arg}" = "-" ] && continue
  72     [ -e "${arg}" ] && continue
  73     printf "no file named \"%s\"\n" "${arg}" >&2
  74     failed=1
  75 done
  76 
  77 [ "${failed}" -gt 0 ] && exit 2
  78 
  79 flush=0
  80 if [ "${buffered}" -eq 0 ] && { [ -p /dev/stdout ] || [ -t 1 ]; }; then
  81     flush=1
  82 fi
  83 
  84 awk -v flush="${flush}" -v n="${lines}" '
  85     NR > n { exit }
  86     { print; if (flush) fflush() }
  87 ' "$@"