Re: RFE: head,tail: -z, --zero-terminated

[Stephane Chazelas]

2015-09-26 15:43:40 +0100, Richard Russon:
> I'd like to add an option to both head and tail,
> to allow them to work with NUL-terminated lines of text
>     -z, --zero-terminated
> 
> Thus allowing:
> 
>     find dir -type f -print0 | head -z -n 10 | xargs -0 command
[...]

See also

sed -z 10q

as an alternative to

head -zn 10

While we're at it, why not add it to every text utility (cut,
paste, seq, yes, tac...) for those that don't have it already?

-- 
Stephane