HEAD

head ? output the first part of files

head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Print 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.

?c, ??bytes=SIZE

print first SIZE bytes

?n, ??lines=NUMBER

print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10

?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

SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg. If ?VALUE is used as first OPTION, read ?c VALUE when one of multipliers bkm follows concatenated, else read ?n VALUE.

Written by David MacKenzie.

Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.