unix - head AND tail of file

Question

Say you have a txt file, what is the command to view the top 10 lines and bottom 10 lines of file simultaneously?

i.e. if the file is 200 lines long, then view lines

Answer 1

Consumes stdin, but simple and works for 99% of use cases

head_and_tail

#!/usr/bin/env bash
COUNT=${1:-10}
IT=$(cat /dev/stdin)
echo "$IT" | head -n$COUNT
echo "..."
echo "$IT" | tail -n$COUNT

example

$ seq 100 | head_and_tail 4
1
2
3
4
...
97
98
99
100