From bb09376ce56dba72cc3f8e2f402c2bf21a8676f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan <jansschule81@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 16:56:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add head command to read lines from a file

---
 src/userland/cli/head.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/userland/cli/head.c

diff --git a/src/userland/cli/head.c b/src/userland/cli/head.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec67f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/userland/cli/head.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 janevers (https://github.com/janevers-sys)
+// This software is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE file for details.
+// This header needs to maintain in any file it is present in, as per the GPL license terms.
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    if (argc == 2) {
+        if(strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
+            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");
+            return 1;
+        }
+        char buf[1024];
+        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+            printf("%s", buf);
+        }
+        fclose(fp);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (argc == 4 && strcmp(argv[1], "-n") == 0) {
+        int lines = atoi(argv[2]);
+        if (lines <= 0) {
+            printf("Number of lines must be positive\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        FILE *fp = fopen(argv[3], "r");
+        if (fp == NULL) {
+            printf("File not found\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        char buf[1024];
+        while (lines > 0 && fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+            printf("%s", buf);
+            lines--;
+        }
+
+        fclose(fp);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    printf("Wrong flag, --help for more info\n");
+    return 1;
+}