[CJefferson]

Wow, that is quite impressive, I might have to look into this more. The advantage of using head is I only have to learn it once, to get the first n of lines or files, but it might be worth learning. Thanks.

[Symbiote]

I know 25% of the special Zsh syntax, and know of a further 25% of what exists.

I read the whole manpage some years ago, and noted down what seemed useful. I use "man zshexpn" when I forget the syntax for things like this.