NAME
head - output the first part of files
SYNOPSIS
head
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.
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 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
head
is maintained as a Texinfo 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.