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.   With
14       no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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16       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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19       -c, --bytes=[-]N
20              print the first N bytes of each  file;  with  the  leading  `-',
21              print all but the last N bytes of each file
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23       -n, --lines=[-]N
24              print  the first N lines instead of the first 10; with the lead‐
25              ing `-', print all but the last N lines of each file
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27       -q, --quiet, --silent
28              never print headers giving file names
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30       -v, --verbose
31              always print headers giving file names
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33       --help display this help and exit
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35       --version
36              output version information and exit
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38       N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024, m 1024*1024.
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AUTHOR

41       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

44       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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47       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
48       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
49       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
50       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
51       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

54       The  full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
55       the info and head programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
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60       should give you access to the complete manual.
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64GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                           HEAD(1)
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