This is a command-line program that combines the utility of the tail and head command.
To compile this program, use the gcc compiler:
gcc -o cvb cvb.c
This will create an executable named cvb.
You can run the program with various command-line arguments, the order does not matter:
./cvb <arguments> <filename>
-s <start>: The Line to start reading from.-e <end>: The line to end reading from.-v: Enable verbose output.-q: Enable quiet mode, same as-vbut supresses output.<filename>: The name of the file to process. If-or no filename is used, the program will read from stdin.
If an error occurs, the program will print an error message and exit.
./main album.txt -e 5
Prints the first 5 Lines from the "album.txt" file
./main -s 12 -e 30 album.txt
Prints Lines 12 to 30 from the "album.txt" file
cat album.txt | ./main -s 12 -e 30
Also prints Lines 12 to 30 from the "album.txt" file