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[3ae31e9]1NAME
2 body - display lines from the body of a file
3
4SYNOPSIS
5 body [-s num] [-{e|n} num] [-{l|w|c}] [-d num] [file] ...
6
7DESCRIPTION
8 Body reads each file in sequence and displays it on the
9 standard output. Thus
10
11 body file
12
13 displays the file on the standard output, and
14
15 body file1 file2 >file3
16
17 concatenates the first two files and places the result on
18 the third.
19
20 If no input file is given body reads from the standard input
21 file.
22
23 The -s option specifies the unit to start output at. If no
24 starting unit is specified, 1 is used.
25
26 The -e option specifies the unit to end output at. The
27 default is to output until end of file.
28
29 The -n option specifies the number of units to output. The
30 default is 10.
31
32 The -{lwc} option specifies the unit to use for -e, -s, and
33 -f. The units are line, word, or character.
34
35 Only one of -e or -n, or one of -l, -w, or -c allowed.
36
37 The -d option specifies debug flags. Normally this option
38 will not be used.
39
40EXAMPLES
41 To copy lines 5 through 10 of the file myfile to the file
42 junk, use:
43
44 body -s 5 -e 10 myfile > junk
45 or
46 body -s 5 -n 5 myfile > junk
47
48NOTES
49 There is an arbitray limit of 1024 characters per line.
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