Subject: bug#34488: Add sort --limit, or document workarounds for sort|head error messages

From: Bernhard Voelker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 00:56:13 +0100

On 2/15/19 10:40 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>> $ seq 9999 | env --default-signal PIPE sort -n | sed 5q | wc -l
>> 5
> 
> That is a nice idea, I could've used it myself couple of times.
> 
> Attached a suggested patch.
> If this seems like a good direction, I'll complete it with NEWS/docs/etc.

>  src/env.c                        | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-

That's quite a lot of new code.

What about a new program ... quick shot (and maybe an unlucky name): 'trap' ?

Have a nice day,
Berny