From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:43:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Optional limit for number of lines generated by script
Message-ID: <m2vd8jhxbd.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <1279055909-4340-1-git-send-email-kpfleming@digium.com>

"Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@digium.com> writes:

> @@ -642,6 +647,27 @@ show_new_revisions()
>  }
>  
>  
> +limit_lines()
> +{
> +    lines=0
> +    skipped=0
> +    while IFS="" read line

You probably want to use read -r.

> +    do
> +	lines=$((lines + 1))
> +	if [ $lines -gt $1 ]
> +	then
> +	    skipped=$((skipped + 1))
> +	else
> +	    echo "$line"

            printf '%s\n' "$line"

Andreas.

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