Hi guys I just started learning Linux, Need some help writing the script for the following

1. An argument of the form-6 sets the script to display the first 6 lines of the succeeding file(s). the default should be 5.

2. Anything else of the form "-x" should produce an error message

3. For a file name, display the first _lines of the file

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