From 09840e522a95262b22980c5c087e1b4730273177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan <jansschule81@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 17:20:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update tail command to read from the front of the file

---
 src/userland/cli/tail.c | 30 ++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/userland/cli/tail.c b/src/userland/cli/tail.c
index 4adcf21..83fe4f3 100644
--- a/src/userland/cli/tail.c
+++ b/src/userland/cli/tail.c
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    // print all lines
     if (argc == 2) {
-        if(strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
-            printf("-This command reads from the back of the file\n");
+        if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+            printf("-This command reads from the front of the file\n");
             printf("-Use: tail [-n] [-number of lines] [file]\n");
             return 0;
         }
+        //print everything
         FILE *fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
         if (fp == NULL) {
             printf("File not found\n");
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         fclose(fp);
         return 0;
     }
-    // only print last lines 
+    // only print first lines
     if (argc == 4 && strcmp(argv[1], "-n") == 0) {
         int lines = atoi(argv[2]);
         if (lines <= 0) {
-            printf("Number of lines should be positive\n");
+            printf("Number of lines must be positive\n");
             return 1;
         }
 
@@ -39,24 +39,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             return 1;
         }
 
-        // count total lines
-        int count = 0;
         char buf[1024];
-        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
-            count++;
-        }
-
-        // back to start of file
-        fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
-
-        // check if lines are the end lines
-        int skip = count - lines;
-        int i = 0;
-        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
-            if (i >= skip) {
-                printf("%s", buf);
-            }
-            i++;
+        while (lines > 0 && fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+            printf("%s", buf);
+            lines--;
         }
 
         fclose(fp);