head(1)     UNIX System V(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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