HEAD(1)                          User Commands
HEAD(1)



NNAAMMEE
       head - output the first part of files

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       hheeaadd [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... [_F_I_L_E]...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       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c, ----bbyytteess=_[_-_]_N
              print the first N bytes of each  file;  with
              the  leading  `-', print all but the last N
              bytes of each file

       --nn, ----lliinneess=_[_-_]_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q, ----qquuiieett, ----ssiilleenntt
              never print headers giving file names

       --vv, ----vveerrbboossee
              always print headers giving file names

       ----hheellpp display this help and exit

       ----vveerrssiioonn
              output version information and exit

       N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024,
       m 1024*1024.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG BBUUGGSS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute
       copies  of  it  under  the terms       of
       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO
       WARRANTY,  to  the extent permitted by law.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The  full documentation for hheeaadd is
       maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the iinnffoo
       and hheeaadd programs are properly installed  at
       your  site,  the command

              iinnffoo hheeaadd

       should give you access to the complete manual.



head 6.7                         December 2006
HEAD(1)
