John Summerfield wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ yes stuff | head -300 | cat -n | (head -2;tail -2)
> 1 stuff
> 2 stuff
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
>
> I presume this arises because head's reading ahead (if not head, then
> glibc on head's behalf), and when head's printed enough lines it s
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According to John Summerfield on 1/1/2007 5:58 AM:
> In this example, the results are what I desire. However,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ yes stuff | head -300 | cat -n | (head -2;tail -2)
> 1 stuff
> 2 stuff
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
>
> I pre
