HEAD(1)                                                   HEAD(1)



     NAME
          head - give first few lines

     SYNOPSIS
          head [ -count ] [ file ...]

     DESCRIPTION
          This filter gives the first count lines of each of the
          specified files, or of the standard input.  If count is
          omitted it defaults to 10.

     EXAMPLE
               head -6 filea fileb filec

          will print out the first six lines of the three specified
          files.  The filename will appear before each new set of head
          lines listed, if more than one file has been specified.

     SEE ALSO
          tail(1).

     ORIGIN
          4th Berkeley Software Distribution
































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