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 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=[-]NUM
          print  the  first  NUM bytes of each file; with the leading '-',
          print all but the last NUM bytes of each file

   -n, --lines=[-]NUM
          print the first NUM lines instead of  the  first  10;  with  the
          leading '-', print all but the last NUM lines of each file

   -q, --quiet, --silent
          never print headers giving file names

   -v, --verbose
          always print headers giving file names

   -z, --zero-terminated
          line delimiter is NUL, not newline

   --help display this help and exit

   --version
          output version information and exit

   NUM may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000,
   M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for  T,  P,
   E, Z, Y.

AUTHOR

   Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

   GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
   Report head translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright    2016  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
   GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
   This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

   tail(1)

   Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head>
   or available locally via: info '(coreutils) head invocation'

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