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1 /* head -- output first part of file(s)
2 Copyright (C) 1989-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Options: (see usage)
18 Reads from standard input if no files are given or when a filename of
19 ''-'' is encountered.
20 By default, filename headers are printed only if more than one file
21 is given.
22 By default, prints the first 10 lines (head -n 10).
24 David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu> */
26 #include <config.h>
28 #include <stdio.h>
29 #include <getopt.h>
30 #include <sys/types.h>
32 #include "system.h"
34 #include "error.h"
35 #include "full-read.h"
36 #include "quote.h"
37 #include "safe-read.h"
38 #include "xfreopen.h"
39 #include "xstrtol.h"
41 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
42 #define PROGRAM_NAME "head"
44 #define AUTHORS \
45 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
46 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
48 /* Number of lines/chars/blocks to head. */
49 #define DEFAULT_NUMBER 10
51 /* Useful only when eliding tail bytes or lines.
52 If true, skip the is-regular-file test used to determine whether
53 to use the lseek optimization. Instead, use the more general (and
54 more expensive) code unconditionally. Intended solely for testing. */
55 static bool presume_input_pipe;
57 /* If true, print filename headers. */
58 static bool print_headers;
60 /* When to print the filename banners. */
61 enum header_mode
63 multiple_files, always, never
66 /* Have we ever read standard input? */
67 static bool have_read_stdin;
69 enum Copy_fd_status
71 COPY_FD_OK = 0,
72 COPY_FD_READ_ERROR,
73 COPY_FD_WRITE_ERROR,
74 COPY_FD_UNEXPECTED_EOF
77 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
78 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
79 enum
81 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
84 static struct option const long_options[] =
86 {"bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
87 {"lines", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
88 {"-presume-input-pipe", no_argument, NULL,
89 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION}, /* do not document */
90 {"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
91 {"silent", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
92 {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
93 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
94 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
95 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
98 void
99 usage (int status)
101 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
102 emit_try_help ();
103 else
105 printf (_("\
106 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
108 program_name);
109 fputs (_("\
110 Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.\n\
111 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\
112 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
113 "), stdout);
115 emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
117 fputs (_("\
118 -c, --bytes=[-]K print the first K bytes of each file;\n\
119 with the leading '-', print all but the last\n\
120 K bytes of each file\n\
121 -n, --lines=[-]K print the first K lines instead of the first 10;\n\
122 with the leading '-', print all but the last\n\
123 K lines of each file\n\
124 "), stdout);
125 fputs (_("\
126 -q, --quiet, --silent never print headers giving file names\n\
127 -v, --verbose always print headers giving file names\n\
128 "), stdout);
129 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
130 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
131 fputs (_("\
133 K may have a multiplier suffix:\n\
134 b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\
135 GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
136 "), stdout);
137 emit_ancillary_info ();
139 exit (status);
142 static void
143 diagnose_copy_fd_failure (enum Copy_fd_status err, char const *filename)
145 switch (err)
147 case COPY_FD_READ_ERROR:
148 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (filename));
149 break;
150 case COPY_FD_WRITE_ERROR:
151 error (0, errno, _("error writing %s"), quote (filename));
152 break;
153 case COPY_FD_UNEXPECTED_EOF:
154 error (0, errno, _("%s: file has shrunk too much"), quote (filename));
155 break;
156 default:
157 abort ();
161 static void
162 write_header (const char *filename)
164 static bool first_file = true;
166 printf ("%s==> %s <==\n", (first_file ? "" : "\n"), filename);
167 first_file = false;
170 /* Copy no more than N_BYTES from file descriptor SRC_FD to O_STREAM.
171 Return an appropriate indication of success or failure. */
173 static enum Copy_fd_status
174 copy_fd (int src_fd, FILE *o_stream, uintmax_t n_bytes)
176 char buf[BUFSIZ];
177 const size_t buf_size = sizeof (buf);
179 /* Copy the file contents. */
180 while (0 < n_bytes)
182 size_t n_to_read = MIN (buf_size, n_bytes);
183 size_t n_read = safe_read (src_fd, buf, n_to_read);
184 if (n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
185 return COPY_FD_READ_ERROR;
187 n_bytes -= n_read;
189 if (n_read == 0 && n_bytes != 0)
190 return COPY_FD_UNEXPECTED_EOF;
192 if (fwrite (buf, 1, n_read, o_stream) < n_read)
193 return COPY_FD_WRITE_ERROR;
196 return COPY_FD_OK;
199 /* Print all but the last N_ELIDE lines from the input available via
200 the non-seekable file descriptor FD. Return true upon success.
201 Give a diagnostic and return false upon error. */
202 static bool
203 elide_tail_bytes_pipe (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_elide_0)
205 size_t n_elide = n_elide_0;
207 #ifndef HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_READ_BUFSIZE
208 # define HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_READ_BUFSIZE BUFSIZ
209 #endif
210 #define READ_BUFSIZE HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_READ_BUFSIZE
212 /* If we're eliding no more than this many bytes, then it's ok to allocate
213 more memory in order to use a more time-efficient algorithm.
214 FIXME: use a fraction of available memory instead, as in sort.
215 FIXME: is this even worthwhile? */
216 #ifndef HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_BYTECOUNT_THRESHOLD
217 # define HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_BYTECOUNT_THRESHOLD 1024 * 1024
218 #endif
220 #if HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_BYTECOUNT_THRESHOLD < 2 * READ_BUFSIZE
221 "HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_BYTECOUNT_THRESHOLD must be at least 2 * READ_BUFSIZE"
222 #endif
224 if (SIZE_MAX < n_elide_0 + READ_BUFSIZE)
226 char umax_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (n_elide_0)];
227 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("%s: number of bytes is too large"),
228 umaxtostr (n_elide_0, umax_buf));
231 /* Two cases to consider...
232 1) n_elide is small enough that we can afford to double-buffer:
233 allocate 2 * (READ_BUFSIZE + n_elide) bytes
234 2) n_elide is too big for that, so we allocate only
235 (READ_BUFSIZE + n_elide) bytes
237 FIXME: profile, to see if double-buffering is worthwhile
239 CAUTION: do not fail (out of memory) when asked to elide
240 a ridiculous amount, but when given only a small input. */
242 if (n_elide <= HEAD_TAIL_PIPE_BYTECOUNT_THRESHOLD)
244 bool ok = true;
245 bool first = true;
246 bool eof = false;
247 size_t n_to_read = READ_BUFSIZE + n_elide;
248 bool i;
249 char *b[2];
250 b[0] = xnmalloc (2, n_to_read);
251 b[1] = b[0] + n_to_read;
253 for (i = false; ! eof ; i = !i)
255 size_t n_read = full_read (fd, b[i], n_to_read);
256 size_t delta = 0;
257 if (n_read < n_to_read)
259 if (errno != 0)
261 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (filename));
262 ok = false;
263 break;
266 /* reached EOF */
267 if (n_read <= n_elide)
269 if (first)
271 /* The input is no larger than the number of bytes
272 to elide. So there's nothing to output, and
273 we're done. */
275 else
277 delta = n_elide - n_read;
280 eof = true;
283 /* Output any (but maybe just part of the) elided data from
284 the previous round. */
285 if ( ! first)
287 /* Don't bother checking for errors here.
288 If there's a failure, the test of the following
289 fwrite or in close_stdout will catch it. */
290 fwrite (b[!i] + READ_BUFSIZE, 1, n_elide - delta, stdout);
292 first = false;
294 if (n_elide < n_read
295 && fwrite (b[i], 1, n_read - n_elide, stdout) < n_read - n_elide)
297 error (0, errno, _("write error"));
298 ok = false;
299 break;
303 free (b[0]);
304 return ok;
306 else
308 /* Read blocks of size READ_BUFSIZE, until we've read at least n_elide
309 bytes. Then, for each new buffer we read, also write an old one. */
311 bool ok = true;
312 bool eof = false;
313 size_t n_read;
314 bool buffered_enough;
315 size_t i, i_next;
316 char **b;
317 /* Round n_elide up to a multiple of READ_BUFSIZE. */
318 size_t rem = READ_BUFSIZE - (n_elide % READ_BUFSIZE);
319 size_t n_elide_round = n_elide + rem;
320 size_t n_bufs = n_elide_round / READ_BUFSIZE + 1;
321 b = xcalloc (n_bufs, sizeof *b);
323 buffered_enough = false;
324 for (i = 0, i_next = 1; !eof; i = i_next, i_next = (i_next + 1) % n_bufs)
326 if (b[i] == NULL)
327 b[i] = xmalloc (READ_BUFSIZE);
328 n_read = full_read (fd, b[i], READ_BUFSIZE);
329 if (n_read < READ_BUFSIZE)
331 if (errno != 0)
333 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (filename));
334 ok = false;
335 goto free_mem;
337 eof = true;
340 if (i + 1 == n_bufs)
341 buffered_enough = true;
343 if (buffered_enough)
345 if (fwrite (b[i_next], 1, n_read, stdout) < n_read)
347 error (0, errno, _("write error"));
348 ok = false;
349 goto free_mem;
354 /* Output any remainder: rem bytes from b[i] + n_read. */
355 if (rem)
357 if (buffered_enough)
359 size_t n_bytes_left_in_b_i = READ_BUFSIZE - n_read;
360 if (rem < n_bytes_left_in_b_i)
362 fwrite (b[i] + n_read, 1, rem, stdout);
364 else
366 fwrite (b[i] + n_read, 1, n_bytes_left_in_b_i, stdout);
367 fwrite (b[i_next], 1, rem - n_bytes_left_in_b_i, stdout);
370 else if (i + 1 == n_bufs)
372 /* This happens when n_elide < file_size < n_elide_round.
374 |READ_BUF.|
375 | | rem |
376 |---------!---------!---------!---------|
377 |---- n_elide ---------|
378 | | x |
379 | |y |
380 |---- file size -----------|
381 | |n_read|
382 |---- n_elide_round ----------|
384 size_t y = READ_BUFSIZE - rem;
385 size_t x = n_read - y;
386 fwrite (b[i_next], 1, x, stdout);
390 free_mem:
391 for (i = 0; i < n_bufs; i++)
392 free (b[i]);
393 free (b);
395 return ok;
399 /* Print all but the last N_ELIDE lines from the input available
400 via file descriptor FD. Return true upon success.
401 Give a diagnostic and return false upon error. */
403 /* NOTE: if the input file shrinks by more than N_ELIDE bytes between
404 the length determination and the actual reading, then head fails. */
406 static bool
407 elide_tail_bytes_file (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_elide)
409 struct stat stats;
411 if (presume_input_pipe || fstat (fd, &stats) || ! S_ISREG (stats.st_mode))
413 return elide_tail_bytes_pipe (filename, fd, n_elide);
415 else
417 off_t current_pos, end_pos;
418 uintmax_t bytes_remaining;
419 off_t diff;
420 enum Copy_fd_status err;
422 if ((current_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR)) == -1
423 || (end_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_END)) == -1)
425 error (0, errno, _("cannot lseek %s"), quote (filename));
426 return false;
429 /* Be careful here. The current position may actually be
430 beyond the end of the file. */
431 bytes_remaining = (diff = end_pos - current_pos) < 0 ? 0 : diff;
433 if (bytes_remaining <= n_elide)
434 return true;
436 /* Seek back to 'current' position, then copy the required
437 number of bytes from fd. */
438 if (lseek (fd, 0, current_pos) == -1)
440 error (0, errno, _("%s: cannot lseek back to original position"),
441 quote (filename));
442 return false;
445 err = copy_fd (fd, stdout, bytes_remaining - n_elide);
446 if (err == COPY_FD_OK)
447 return true;
449 diagnose_copy_fd_failure (err, filename);
450 return false;
454 /* Print all but the last N_ELIDE lines from the input stream
455 open for reading via file descriptor FD.
456 Buffer the specified number of lines as a linked list of LBUFFERs,
457 adding them as needed. Return true if successful. */
459 static bool
460 elide_tail_lines_pipe (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_elide)
462 struct linebuffer
464 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
465 size_t nbytes;
466 size_t nlines;
467 struct linebuffer *next;
469 typedef struct linebuffer LBUFFER;
470 LBUFFER *first, *last, *tmp;
471 size_t total_lines = 0; /* Total number of newlines in all buffers. */
472 bool ok = true;
473 size_t n_read; /* Size in bytes of most recent read */
475 first = last = xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER));
476 first->nbytes = first->nlines = 0;
477 first->next = NULL;
478 tmp = xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER));
480 /* Always read into a fresh buffer.
481 Read, (producing no output) until we've accumulated at least
482 n_elide newlines, or until EOF, whichever comes first. */
483 while (1)
485 n_read = safe_read (fd, tmp->buffer, BUFSIZ);
486 if (n_read == 0 || n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
487 break;
488 tmp->nbytes = n_read;
489 tmp->nlines = 0;
490 tmp->next = NULL;
492 /* Count the number of newlines just read. */
494 char const *buffer_end = tmp->buffer + n_read;
495 char const *p = tmp->buffer;
496 while ((p = memchr (p, '\n', buffer_end - p)))
498 ++p;
499 ++tmp->nlines;
502 total_lines += tmp->nlines;
504 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
505 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, 'n_read' can
506 often be very small. */
507 if (tmp->nbytes + last->nbytes < BUFSIZ)
509 memcpy (&last->buffer[last->nbytes], tmp->buffer, tmp->nbytes);
510 last->nbytes += tmp->nbytes;
511 last->nlines += tmp->nlines;
513 else
515 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
516 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
517 read if that would leave enough lines, or else malloc a new one.
518 Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
519 worthwhile. */
520 last = last->next = tmp;
521 if (n_elide < total_lines - first->nlines)
523 fwrite (first->buffer, 1, first->nbytes, stdout);
524 tmp = first;
525 total_lines -= first->nlines;
526 first = first->next;
528 else
529 tmp = xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER));
533 free (tmp);
535 if (n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
537 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (filename));
538 ok = false;
539 goto free_lbuffers;
542 /* If we read any bytes at all, count the incomplete line
543 on files that don't end with a newline. */
544 if (last->nbytes && last->buffer[last->nbytes - 1] != '\n')
546 ++last->nlines;
547 ++total_lines;
550 for (tmp = first; n_elide < total_lines - tmp->nlines; tmp = tmp->next)
552 fwrite (tmp->buffer, 1, tmp->nbytes, stdout);
553 total_lines -= tmp->nlines;
556 /* Print the first 'total_lines - n_elide' lines of tmp->buffer. */
557 if (n_elide < total_lines)
559 size_t n = total_lines - n_elide;
560 char const *buffer_end = tmp->buffer + tmp->nbytes;
561 char const *p = tmp->buffer;
562 while (n && (p = memchr (p, '\n', buffer_end - p)))
564 ++p;
565 ++tmp->nlines;
566 --n;
568 fwrite (tmp->buffer, 1, p - tmp->buffer, stdout);
571 free_lbuffers:
572 while (first)
574 tmp = first->next;
575 free (first);
576 first = tmp;
578 return ok;
581 /* Output all but the last N_LINES lines of the input stream defined by
582 FD, START_POS, and END_POS.
583 START_POS is the starting position of the read pointer for the file
584 associated with FD (may be nonzero).
585 END_POS is the file offset of EOF (one larger than offset of last byte).
586 Return true upon success.
587 Give a diagnostic and return false upon error.
589 NOTE: this code is very similar to that of tail.c's file_lines function.
590 Unfortunately, factoring out some common core looks like it'd result
591 in a less efficient implementation or a messy interface. */
592 static bool
593 elide_tail_lines_seekable (const char *pretty_filename, int fd,
594 uintmax_t n_lines,
595 off_t start_pos, off_t end_pos)
597 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
598 size_t bytes_read;
599 off_t pos = end_pos;
601 /* Set 'bytes_read' to the size of the last, probably partial, buffer;
602 0 < 'bytes_read' <= 'BUFSIZ'. */
603 bytes_read = (pos - start_pos) % BUFSIZ;
604 if (bytes_read == 0)
605 bytes_read = BUFSIZ;
606 /* Make 'pos' a multiple of 'BUFSIZ' (0 if the file is short), so that all
607 reads will be on block boundaries, which might increase efficiency. */
608 pos -= bytes_read;
609 if (lseek (fd, pos, SEEK_SET) < 0)
611 char offset_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (pos)];
612 error (0, errno, _("%s: cannot seek to offset %s"),
613 pretty_filename, offtostr (pos, offset_buf));
614 return false;
616 bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, bytes_read);
617 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
619 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
620 return false;
623 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
624 if (bytes_read && buffer[bytes_read - 1] != '\n')
625 --n_lines;
627 while (1)
629 /* Scan backward, counting the newlines in this bufferfull. */
631 size_t n = bytes_read;
632 while (n)
634 char const *nl;
635 nl = memrchr (buffer, '\n', n);
636 if (nl == NULL)
637 break;
638 n = nl - buffer;
639 if (n_lines-- == 0)
641 /* Found it. */
642 /* If necessary, restore the file pointer and copy
643 input to output up to position, POS. */
644 if (start_pos < pos)
646 enum Copy_fd_status err;
647 if (lseek (fd, start_pos, SEEK_SET) < 0)
649 /* Failed to reposition file pointer. */
650 error (0, errno,
651 "%s: unable to restore file pointer to initial offset",
652 quote (pretty_filename));
653 return false;
656 err = copy_fd (fd, stdout, pos - start_pos);
657 if (err != COPY_FD_OK)
659 diagnose_copy_fd_failure (err, pretty_filename);
660 return false;
664 /* Output the initial portion of the buffer
665 in which we found the desired newline byte.
666 Don't bother testing for failure for such a small amount.
667 Any failure will be detected upon close. */
668 fwrite (buffer, 1, n + 1, stdout);
670 /* Set file pointer to the byte after what we've output. */
671 if (lseek (fd, pos + n + 1, SEEK_SET) < 0)
673 error (0, errno, _("%s: failed to reset file pointer"),
674 quote (pretty_filename));
675 return false;
677 return true;
681 /* Not enough newlines in that bufferfull. */
682 if (pos == start_pos)
684 /* Not enough lines in the file. */
685 return true;
687 pos -= BUFSIZ;
688 if (lseek (fd, pos, SEEK_SET) < 0)
690 char offset_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (pos)];
691 error (0, errno, _("%s: cannot seek to offset %s"),
692 pretty_filename, offtostr (pos, offset_buf));
693 return false;
696 bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, BUFSIZ);
697 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
699 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
700 return false;
703 /* FIXME: is this dead code?
704 Consider the test, pos == start_pos, above. */
705 if (bytes_read == 0)
706 return true;
710 /* Print all but the last N_ELIDE lines from the input available
711 via file descriptor FD. Return true upon success.
712 Give a diagnostic and return nonzero upon error. */
714 static bool
715 elide_tail_lines_file (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_elide)
717 if (!presume_input_pipe)
719 /* Find the offset, OFF, of the Nth newline from the end,
720 but not counting the last byte of the file.
721 If found, write from current position to OFF, inclusive.
722 Otherwise, just return true. */
724 off_t start_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
725 off_t end_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_END);
726 if (0 <= start_pos && start_pos < end_pos)
728 /* If the file is empty, we're done. */
729 if (end_pos == 0)
730 return true;
732 return elide_tail_lines_seekable (filename, fd, n_elide,
733 start_pos, end_pos);
736 /* lseek failed or the end offset precedes start.
737 Fall through. */
740 return elide_tail_lines_pipe (filename, fd, n_elide);
743 static bool
744 head_bytes (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t bytes_to_write)
746 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
747 size_t bytes_to_read = BUFSIZ;
749 while (bytes_to_write)
751 size_t bytes_read;
752 if (bytes_to_write < bytes_to_read)
753 bytes_to_read = bytes_to_write;
754 bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, bytes_to_read);
755 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
757 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (filename));
758 return false;
760 if (bytes_read == 0)
761 break;
762 if (fwrite (buffer, 1, bytes_read, stdout) < bytes_read)
763 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("write error"));
764 bytes_to_write -= bytes_read;
766 return true;
769 static bool
770 head_lines (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t lines_to_write)
772 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
774 while (lines_to_write)
776 size_t bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, BUFSIZ);
777 size_t bytes_to_write = 0;
779 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
781 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (filename));
782 return false;
784 if (bytes_read == 0)
785 break;
786 while (bytes_to_write < bytes_read)
787 if (buffer[bytes_to_write++] == '\n' && --lines_to_write == 0)
789 off_t n_bytes_past_EOL = bytes_read - bytes_to_write;
790 /* If we have read more data than that on the specified number
791 of lines, try to seek back to the position we would have
792 gotten to had we been reading one byte at a time. */
793 if (lseek (fd, -n_bytes_past_EOL, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
795 int e = errno;
796 struct stat st;
797 if (fstat (fd, &st) != 0 || S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
798 error (0, e, _("cannot reposition file pointer for %s"),
799 quote (filename));
801 break;
803 if (fwrite (buffer, 1, bytes_to_write, stdout) < bytes_to_write)
804 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("write error"));
806 return true;
809 static bool
810 head (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_units, bool count_lines,
811 bool elide_from_end)
813 if (print_headers)
814 write_header (filename);
816 if (elide_from_end)
818 if (count_lines)
820 return elide_tail_lines_file (filename, fd, n_units);
822 else
824 return elide_tail_bytes_file (filename, fd, n_units);
827 if (count_lines)
828 return head_lines (filename, fd, n_units);
829 else
830 return head_bytes (filename, fd, n_units);
833 static bool
834 head_file (const char *filename, uintmax_t n_units, bool count_lines,
835 bool elide_from_end)
837 int fd;
838 bool ok;
839 bool is_stdin = STREQ (filename, "-");
841 if (is_stdin)
843 have_read_stdin = true;
844 fd = STDIN_FILENO;
845 filename = _("standard input");
846 if (O_BINARY && ! isatty (STDIN_FILENO))
847 xfreopen (NULL, "rb", stdin);
849 else
851 fd = open (filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
852 if (fd < 0)
854 error (0, errno, _("cannot open %s for reading"), quote (filename));
855 return false;
859 ok = head (filename, fd, n_units, count_lines, elide_from_end);
860 if (!is_stdin && close (fd) != 0)
862 error (0, errno, _("closing %s"), quote (filename));
863 return false;
865 return ok;
868 /* Convert a string of decimal digits, N_STRING, with an optional suffinx
869 to an integral value. Upon successful conversion,
870 return that value. If it cannot be converted, give a diagnostic and exit.
871 COUNT_LINES indicates whether N_STRING is a number of bytes or a number
872 of lines. It is used solely to give a more specific diagnostic. */
874 static uintmax_t
875 string_to_integer (bool count_lines, const char *n_string)
877 strtol_error s_err;
878 uintmax_t n;
880 s_err = xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, &n, "bkKmMGTPEZY0");
882 if (s_err == LONGINT_OVERFLOW)
884 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
885 _("%s: %s is so large that it is not representable"), n_string,
886 count_lines ? _("number of lines") : _("number of bytes"));
889 if (s_err != LONGINT_OK)
891 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", n_string,
892 (count_lines
893 ? _("invalid number of lines")
894 : _("invalid number of bytes")));
897 return n;
901 main (int argc, char **argv)
903 enum header_mode header_mode = multiple_files;
904 bool ok = true;
905 int c;
906 size_t i;
908 /* Number of items to print. */
909 uintmax_t n_units = DEFAULT_NUMBER;
911 /* If true, interpret the numeric argument as the number of lines.
912 Otherwise, interpret it as the number of bytes. */
913 bool count_lines = true;
915 /* Elide the specified number of lines or bytes, counting from
916 the end of the file. */
917 bool elide_from_end = false;
919 /* Initializer for file_list if no file-arguments
920 were specified on the command line. */
921 static char const *const default_file_list[] = {"-", NULL};
922 char const *const *file_list;
924 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
925 set_program_name (argv[0]);
926 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
927 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
928 textdomain (PACKAGE);
930 atexit (close_stdout);
932 have_read_stdin = false;
934 print_headers = false;
936 if (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-' && ISDIGIT (argv[1][1]))
938 char *a = argv[1];
939 char *n_string = ++a;
940 char *end_n_string;
941 char multiplier_char = 0;
943 /* Old option syntax; a dash, one or more digits, and one or
944 more option letters. Move past the number. */
945 do ++a;
946 while (ISDIGIT (*a));
948 /* Pointer to the byte after the last digit. */
949 end_n_string = a;
951 /* Parse any appended option letters. */
952 for (; *a; a++)
954 switch (*a)
956 case 'c':
957 count_lines = false;
958 multiplier_char = 0;
959 break;
961 case 'b':
962 case 'k':
963 case 'm':
964 count_lines = false;
965 multiplier_char = *a;
966 break;
968 case 'l':
969 count_lines = true;
970 break;
972 case 'q':
973 header_mode = never;
974 break;
976 case 'v':
977 header_mode = always;
978 break;
980 default:
981 error (0, 0, _("invalid trailing option -- %c"), *a);
982 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
986 /* Append the multiplier character (if any) onto the end of
987 the digit string. Then add NUL byte if necessary. */
988 *end_n_string = multiplier_char;
989 if (multiplier_char)
990 *(++end_n_string) = 0;
992 n_units = string_to_integer (count_lines, n_string);
994 /* Make the options we just parsed invisible to getopt. */
995 argv[1] = argv[0];
996 argv++;
997 argc--;
1000 while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "c:n:qv0123456789", long_options, NULL))
1001 != -1)
1003 switch (c)
1005 case PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION:
1006 presume_input_pipe = true;
1007 break;
1009 case 'c':
1010 count_lines = false;
1011 elide_from_end = (*optarg == '-');
1012 if (elide_from_end)
1013 ++optarg;
1014 n_units = string_to_integer (count_lines, optarg);
1015 break;
1017 case 'n':
1018 count_lines = true;
1019 elide_from_end = (*optarg == '-');
1020 if (elide_from_end)
1021 ++optarg;
1022 n_units = string_to_integer (count_lines, optarg);
1023 break;
1025 case 'q':
1026 header_mode = never;
1027 break;
1029 case 'v':
1030 header_mode = always;
1031 break;
1033 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
1035 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
1037 default:
1038 if (ISDIGIT (c))
1039 error (0, 0, _("invalid trailing option -- %c"), c);
1040 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
1044 if (header_mode == always
1045 || (header_mode == multiple_files && optind < argc - 1))
1046 print_headers = true;
1048 if ( ! count_lines && elide_from_end && OFF_T_MAX < n_units)
1050 char umax_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (n_units)];
1051 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("%s: number of bytes is too large"),
1052 umaxtostr (n_units, umax_buf));
1055 file_list = (optind < argc
1056 ? (char const *const *) &argv[optind]
1057 : default_file_list);
1059 if (O_BINARY && ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
1060 xfreopen (NULL, "wb", stdout);
1062 for (i = 0; file_list[i]; ++i)
1063 ok &= head_file (file_list[i], n_units, count_lines, elide_from_end);
1065 if (have_read_stdin && close (STDIN_FILENO) < 0)
1066 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "-");
1068 exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);