File: first.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (c) 2026 pacman64
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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 only option available is to show this help message, using any of
  33 # `-h`, `--h`, `-help`, or `--help`, without the quotes.
  34 
  35 
  36 buffered=0
  37 
  38 case "$1" in
  39     -b|--b|-buffered|--buffered)
  40         buffered=1
  41         shift
  42     ;;
  43 
  44     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  45         awk '/^# +first /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  46         exit 0
  47     ;;
  48 esac
  49 
  50 lines=1
  51 if echo "$1" | grep -q -E '^[+-]?[0-9]+$'; then
  52     lines="$1"
  53     shift
  54 fi
  55 
  56 [ "$1" = '--' ] && shift
  57 
  58 # head -n "${lines}" "$@"
  59 
  60 # show all non-existing files given
  61 failed=0
  62 for arg in "$@"; do
  63     if [ "${arg}" = "-" ]; then
  64         continue
  65     fi
  66     if [ ! -e "${arg}" ]; then
  67         printf "no file named \"%s\"\n" "${arg}" >&2
  68         failed=1
  69     fi
  70 done
  71 
  72 if [ "${failed}" -gt 0 ]; then
  73     exit 2
  74 fi
  75 
  76 flush=0
  77 if [ "${buffered}" -eq 0 ] && { [ -p /dev/stdout ] || [ -t 1 ]; }; then
  78     flush=1
  79 fi
  80 
  81 awk -v flush="${flush}" -v n="${lines}" '
  82     NR > n { exit }
  83     { print; if (flush) fflush() }
  84 ' "$@"