posix-head

A POSIX-like head in JavaScript

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import posixHead from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/posix-head';
</script>

README

posix-head

A POSIX-like head in JavaScript.

NPM

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CLI

head -n 20 long.file

API

var Head = require('posix-head')

var head = new Head(argv)

Returns a transform stream. argv can be:

  • _: An array of arguments, file inputs; such as head one.js two.js three.js
  • fs: Override the file system with a node/io compatible fs.
  • n: The first number lines of each input file shall be copied to standard output. Default is 10.
  • nl: Specify which <newline> character to operate with. Defaults to \n.

license

(c) 2015 Kyle Robinson Young. MIT License