Display line number in head and tail command like `cat -n`

**cat without -n** user@linux:~$ cat /etc/sysctl.conf | head -4 # # /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables # See /etc/sysctl.d/ for additional system variables. # See sysctl.conf (5) for information. user@linux:~$ There is -n option in cat command to display the line number of the file. user@linux:~$ cat -n /etc/sysctl.conf | head -4 1 # 2 # /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables 3 # See /etc/sysctl.d/ for additional system variables. 4 # See sysctl.conf (5) for information. user@linux:~$ user@linux:~$ cat -n /etc/sysctl.conf | tail -4 74 # Debian kernels have both set to 1 (restricted) 75 # See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt 76 #fs.protected_hardlinks=0 77 #fs.protected_symlinks=0 user@linux:~$ What about head and tail command? Is there any option to view the line number in head and tail without using cat -n and pipe the output to head or tail? I've tried head -n and tail -n but no line number displayed on the output. user@linux:~$ head -n4 /etc/sysctl.conf # # /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables # See /etc/sysctl.d/ for additional system variables. # See sysctl.conf (5) for information. user@linux:~$ user@linux:~$ tail -n4 /etc/sysctl.conf # Debian kernels have both set to 1 (restricted) # See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt #fs.protected_hardlinks=0 #fs.protected_symlinks=0 user@linux:~$