head

HEAD(1)				User Commands			      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=[-]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, k 1024, m 1024*1024.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2004 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 PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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 coreutils head

       should give you access to the complete manual.



head (coreutils) 5.2.1		November 2008			      HEAD(1)