head_n


Description:

[ CCode ( array_length = false , array_null_terminated = true ) ]
[ Version ( since = "1.0.54" ) ]
public string[] head_n (int32 nrlines, string path) throws Error

return first N lines of a file

If the parameter nrlines is a positive number, this returns the first nrlines lines of the file path.

If the parameter nrlines is a negative number, this returns lines from the file path, excluding the last nrlines lines.

If the parameter nrlines is zero, this returns an empty list.

Parameters:

this

A GuestfsSession object

Returns:

an array of returned strings, or NULL on error