FirstLines.bat

rem :: displays the first lines of a file in one line.
rem :: can be pasted directly in command prompt
rem :: will show also the empty lines unlike the FOR /F loop.
break>"%temp%\empty"&fc "%temp%\empty" "<FILE>" /lb  <LINES> /t |more +4 | findstr /B /E /V "*****"
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:: by Vasil "npocmaka" Arnaudov
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