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Head of a Text File #1

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  • anuradhahadkar30
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    head -n 20

  • alitheboss922
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    #!/bin/bash

head -n 20

  • charlesartbr
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    I don´t need to read the STDIN into a variable, you can just omit the filename in the head command like this:

    head -n 20

    Or, more simpler:

    head -20

  • cahitbarkinozer
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    while read file; do
    echo $file >> file.txt
done
head -n 20 < file.txt

  • florin_tanasa
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    #!/bin/bash
while read FILE;
do
echo $FILE >> file.txt
done
head -n20 < file.txt