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head - display first few lines of specified files

SYNOPSIS

head [ -n ] [ filename...]

DESCRIPTION

head copies the first n lines of each filename to the standard output. If no filename is given, head copies lines from the standard input. The default value of n is 10 lines.

When more than one file is specified, the start of each file which looks like:

==>filename<==

Thus, a common way to display a set of short files, identifying each one, is: 

example% head -9999 filename1 filename2 ...

EXAMPLE

The following example: 

example% head -4 /usr/share/man/man1/{cat,head,tail}.1*




produces:



==> /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1v <==
.TH CAT 1V "2 June 1983"
.SH NAME
cat - concatenate and display
.SH SYNOPSIS

==> /usr/share/man/man1/head.1 <==
.TH HEAD 1 "24 August 1983"
.SH NAME
head - display first few lines of specified files
.SH SYNOPSIS

==> /usr/share/man/man1/tail.1 <==
.TH TAIL 1  "27 April 1983"
.SH NAME
tail - display the last part of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS





SEE ALSO

cat.1v
more.1
tail.1



	
	

	

	

	


	

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