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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 lead-
              ing `-', 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, 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


       Report bugs to .

 

COPYRIGHT


       Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later 
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       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.



GNU coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirtJanuary 2008                          HEAD(1)