:INPUT MYVAR;READCNT=7 < MYFILE :SHOWVAR MYVAR "Sohrt, Jeff" wrote: > > I call upon the esteemed gurus of the 3k-l... > > Can someone explain how to print the first few bytes of a file. All I can > think of is a Vesoft.MPEX way but given the mass of Posix stuff in > HPBIN.SYS, I was hoping for a non 3rd-party semi-elegant way of doing this. > > Basically I want a PRINT myfile;END=1 but I don't want to see the whole > record, only the first seven bytes. > > An MPE way would be to build a 7 byte file, copy in the source, then print > out the new file, but that's kind of ugly. > > I appologize if the obvious is escaping me today, go easy. > > Thanks in advance, > jds