* added (and documented) "-n" option for head -
    contributed Friedrich Vedder <fwv@myrtle.lahn.de>
* Cleanup for a number of usage messages -- also
    contributed Friedrich Vedder <fwv@myrtle.lahn.de>
 -Erik
diff --git a/coreutils/du.c b/coreutils/du.c
index ec03afd..79b5536 100644
--- a/coreutils/du.c
+++ b/coreutils/du.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 typedef void (Display)(size_t, char *);
 
 static const char du_usage[] =
-"Usage: du [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\n"
+"du [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\n"
 "\t-s\tdisplay only a total for each argument\n"
 ;
 
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@
     exit(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: du.c,v 1.8 1999/12/17 18:44:15 erik Exp $ */
+/* $Id: du.c,v 1.9 2000/01/23 18:19:02 erik Exp $ */
diff --git a/coreutils/head.c b/coreutils/head.c
index 7f08a80..4e58bdc 100644
--- a/coreutils/head.c
+++ b/coreutils/head.c
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 const char head_usage[] =
-"Usage: head [FILE]...\n\n"
+"head [OPTION] [FILE]...\n\n"
 "Print first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.\n"
 "With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the\n"
-"file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n";
+"file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\n"
+"Options:\n"
+"\t-n NUM\t\tPrint first NUM lines instead of first 10\n";
 
 int
 head(int len, FILE *src)
@@ -49,22 +51,22 @@
 int
 head_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    int	    i = 1;
     char    opt;
-    int	    len = 10;
-
-    /* 1st option is potentially special */
-    if ((argc > 1) && (argv[1][0] == '-') && isDecimal(argv[1][1])) {
-	int tmplen = atoi(&argv[1][1]);
-	if (tmplen) { len = tmplen; }
-	i = 2;
-    }
+    int	    len = 10, tmplen, i;
 
     /* parse argv[] */
-    for ( ; i < argc; i++) {
+    for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 	if (argv[i][0] == '-') {
 	    opt = argv[i][1];
 	    switch (opt) {
+		case 'n':
+		    tmplen = 0;
+		    if (i++ < argc)
+			tmplen = atoi(argv[i]);
+		    if (tmplen < 1)
+			usage(head_usage);
+		    len = tmplen;
+		    break;
 		case '-':
 		case 'h':
 		    usage(head_usage);
@@ -103,4 +105,4 @@
     exit(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: head.c,v 1.4 1999/12/17 18:52:06 erik Exp $ */
+/* $Id: head.c,v 1.5 2000/01/23 18:19:02 erik Exp $ */
diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index dc245a1..017ef9b 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
-static const char mkdir_usage[] = "Usage: mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...\n\n"
+static const char mkdir_usage[] =
+"mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...\n\n"
 "Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist\n\n"
 "Options:\n"
 "\t-m\tset permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask\n"
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 0fe7bf9..4df5627 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 static const char sort_usage[] =
-"Usage: sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\n"
+"sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\n"
 ;
 
 /* typedefs _______________________________________________________________ */
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@
     exit(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.8 1999/12/23 22:46:10 beppu Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.9 2000/01/23 18:19:02 erik Exp $ */
diff --git a/coreutils/uniq.c b/coreutils/uniq.c
index 034ea31..a7bff54 100644
--- a/coreutils/uniq.c
+++ b/coreutils/uniq.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 static const char uniq_usage[] =
-"Usage: uniq [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]\n"
+"uniq [OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]\n"
 "Discard all but one of successive identical lines from INPUT (or\n"
 "standard input), writing to OUTPUT (or standard output).\n"
 "\n"
@@ -193,4 +193,4 @@
     exit(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: uniq.c,v 1.4 2000/01/07 01:57:32 beppu Exp $ */
+/* $Id: uniq.c,v 1.5 2000/01/23 18:19:02 erik Exp $ */
diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index a1e2fca..e69f0d8 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 "\t-c\tprint the byte counts\n"
 "\t-l\tprint the newline counts\n"
 "\t-L\tprint the length of the longest line\n"
-"\t-L\tprint the length of the longest line\n"
 "\t-w\tprint the word counts\n";
 
 static int total_lines, total_words, total_chars, max_length;