1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/head.c b/coreutils/head.c
index 4a1677146..c5c11fc7b 100644
--- a/coreutils/head.c
+++ b/coreutils/head.c
@@ -47,12 +47,17 @@ int head_main(int argc, char **argv)
         FILE *fp;
         int need_headers, opt, len = 10, status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
+        if (( argc >= 2 ) && ( strlen ( argv [1] ) >= 2 ) && ( argv [1][0] == '-' ) && isdigit ( argv [1][1] )) {
+                len = atoi ( &argv [1][1] );
+                optind = 2;
+        }
+
         /* parse argv[] */
         while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:")) > 0) {
                 switch (opt) {
                 case 'n':
                         len = atoi(optarg);
-                        if (len >= 1)
+                        if (len >= 0)
                                 break;
                         /* fallthrough */
                 default: