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HEAD
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: GNU Text Utilities
Index NAME
head - output the first part of files
SYNOPSIS
head[-c N[bkm]] [-n N] [-qv] [--bytes=N[bkm]] [--lines=N][--quiet] [--silent] [--verbose] [--help] [--version] [file...]
head[-Nbcklmqv] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
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This manual pagedocuments the GNU version ofhead.headprints the first part (10 lines by default) of each given file; itreads from standard input if no files are given or when a filename of`-' is encountered. If more than one file is given, it prints aheader consisting of the file's name enclosed in `==>' and `<=='before the output for each file.
OPTIONS
headaccepts two option formats: the new one, in which numbers arearguments to the option letters, and the old one, in which the numberprecedes any option letters.
- -c N, --bytes N
- Print first N bytes. N is a nonzero integer, optionally followed by oneof the following characters to specify a different unit.
- b
- 512-byte blocks.
- k
- 1-kilobyte blocks.
- m
- 1-megabyte blocks.
- -n N, --lines N
- Print first N lines.
- -q, --quiet, --silent
- Never print filename headers.
- -v, --verbose
- Always print filename headers.
- --help
- Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating success.
- --version
- Print version information on standard output then exit.
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
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