head(1)

output the first part of files

Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.

This package comes with the extra set; without it, head is the original one: see head-original(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@gnu.org>.