@echo off
setlocal
if [%1] equ [] goto:help
(echo %1 | findstr /r /c:[0-9])>nul && if %errorlevel% neq 1 (
if exist %2 call:head %2 %1
)
if exist %1 call:head %1 10
goto:eof
:head
for /f "skip=2 tokens=1,* delims=][" %%i in ('find /n /v "" %1') do (
echo.%%j& if "%%i" equ "%2" goto:eof
)
endlocal
exit /b
:help
echo.%~n0 v1.0 - reads first N strings in text files
echo.
echo.Usage: %~n0 [numver] ^<text file name^>
echo.e.g.: %~n0 events.log - read first ten strings
echo.e.g.: %~n0 3 events.log - print only three first strings
exit /b 1
