head(1)          (Directory and File Management Utilities)          head(1)


   NAME
         head - display first few lines of files

   SYNOPSIS
         head [ -n ] [ file...]

   DESCRIPTION
         head copies the first n lines of each file to the standard output.
         If no file is given, head copies lines from the standard input.  The
         default value of n is 10 lines.

         When more than one file is specified, the start of each file will
         look like:

               ==>file<==

         Thus, a common way to display a set of short files, identifying each
         one, is:

               head -9999 file1 file2 ...

   SEE ALSO
         cat(1), more(1), pg(1), tail(1)






























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