1HEAD(1)                          User Commands                         HEAD(1)
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NAME

6       head - output the first part of files
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SYNOPSIS

9       head [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Print  the  first  10 lines of each FILE to standard output.  With more
13       than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.
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15       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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17       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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20       -c, --bytes=[-]NUM
21              print  the  first  NUM bytes of each file; with the leading '-',
22              print all but the last NUM bytes of each file
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24       -n, --lines=[-]NUM
25              print the first NUM lines instead of  the  first  10;  with  the
26              leading '-', print all but the last NUM lines of each file
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28       -q, --quiet, --silent
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31       -v, --verbose
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34       -z, --zero-terminated
35              line delimiter is NUL, not newline
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37       --help display this help and exit
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39       --version
40              output version information and exit
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42       NUM may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000,
43       M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for  T,  P,
44       E, Z, Y.  Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.
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AUTHOR

47       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

50       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
51       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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54       Copyright  ©  2022  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
55       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
56       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
57       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

60       tail(1)
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62       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head>
63       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) head invocation'
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67GNU coreutils 9.1                January 2023                          HEAD(1)
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