head(1)                                                      head(1)


       NAME
             head - display first few lines of files

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

       DESCRIPTION
             head copies the first number lines of each file to the
             standard output.  If no file is given, head copies lines from
             the standard input.  The environment variable LC_CTYPE is
             referenced so that the codesets used in the data are processed
             correctly. [see LANG on environ(5)].  The default value of
             number 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 -n 9999 file1 file2 ...

          Files
             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxdfm
                   language-specific message file [see LANG on environ(5)].

       REFERENCES
             cat(1), more(1), pg(1), tail(1)

       NOTICES
             The -number option has been made obsolete by POSIX, hence it
             is recommended that application authors avoid its use in favor
             of the -n number option.

             The length of the input lines is limited to {LINE_MAX} bytes.











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