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-rw-r--r--coreutils/head.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/head.c b/coreutils/head.c
index 4a1677146..c5c11fc7b 100644
--- a/coreutils/head.c
+++ b/coreutils/head.c
@@ -47,12 +47,17 @@ int head_main(int argc, char **argv)
FILE *fp;
int need_headers, opt, len = 10, status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ if (( argc >= 2 ) && ( strlen ( argv [1] ) >= 2 ) && ( argv [1][0] == '-' ) && isdigit ( argv [1][1] )) {
+ len = atoi ( &argv [1][1] );
+ optind = 2;
+ }
+
/* parse argv[] */
while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:")) > 0) {
switch (opt) {
case 'n':
len = atoi(optarg);
- if (len >= 1)
+ if (len >= 0)
break;
/* fallthrough */
default: