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HEAD(1) User Commands HEAD(1)
NAME
head - output the first part of files
SYNOPSIS
head [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard out-
put. With more than one FILE, precede each with a
header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE
is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for
short options too.
-c, --bytes=[-]N
print the first N bytes of each file; with the
leading `-', print all but the last N bytes of
each file
-n, --lines=[-]N
print the first N lines instead of the first 10;
with the leading `-', print all but the last N
lines of each file
-q, --quiet, --silent
never print headers giving file names
-v, --verbose
always print headers giving file names
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024, m
1024*1024.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for head is maintained as a Tex-
info manual. If the info and head programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info head
should give you access to the complete manual.
head 5.3.0 November 2004 HEAD(1)
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