head / tail — Partial File Read

Read the first or last N lines/bytes of a file with enrichment metadata.

Usage

aict head [flags] [file...]
aict tail [flags] [file...]

Flags

Flag	Description
`-n N`	Number of lines (default: 10)
`-c N`	Number of bytes

XML Output

<head timestamp="1234567890" lines_requested="10" lines_returned="10"
        file_total_lines="500" bytes_returned="256" file_total_bytes="12800"
        truncated="false">
  <content><![CDATA[line 1...]]></content>
</head>

Notes

tail supports -f for follow mode (not available in XML stream mode)
Language and MIME enrichment applied to returned content