firstLines.bat

@echo off
setlocal enableExtensions

rem ------ validate parameters ------
for %%H in ("/h" "-h" "-help" "/help") do if /I "%~1" EQU "%%~H" goto :help
if "%~2" EQU "" goto :help
if not exist "%~1" echo file does not exist && exit /b 3
set /a "lines=%~2"
if not defined lines echo pass a number bigger than 0 for the lines to be shown&&exit /b 1
if defined lines if %lines%0 equ 0 echo pass a number bigger than 0 for the lines to be shown&&exit /b 2
rem ---------------------------------

;break>"%temp%\empty"
@@fc "%temp%\empty" "%~1" /lb  %lines% /t |more +4 | findstr /B /E /V "*****"
;del /q /f "%temp%\empty"

goto :eof
endlocal

:help
echo Displays first lines of a given file
echo.
echo %~n0 file lines
echo.
echo.
echo  lines     Number of lines to display.Must be bigger than 0.
echo  file      Specifies the file.
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:: by Vasil "npocmaka" Arnaudov
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