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 leading ‘-’, 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 AT gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO war-
ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 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 July 2005 HEAD(1)
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