man/cat1/head.1.txt
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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 out- put. 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@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying condi- tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL- ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO The full documentation for head is maintained as a Tex- info manual. If the info and head programs are properly installed at your site, the command info head should give you access to the complete manual. head 5.3.0 November 2004 HEAD(1) |