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Variable number in head command

gesman
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How can I return calculated (variable) number of top events?
This doesn't work:
... | eval x=5 | head x

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gesman
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Got it:
... | eval x=5 | streamstats c | where c<=x

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gesman
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Got it:
... | eval x=5 | streamstats c | where c<=x

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