HEAD 1L "GNU Text Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
NAME
head - output the first part of files
SYNOPSIS
head [-c N[bkm]] [-n N] [-qv] [--bytes=N[bkm]] [--lines=N]
[--quiet] [--silent] [--verbose] [--help] [--version] [file...]
head [-Nbcklmqv] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
head . head prints the first part (10 lines by default) of each given file; it
reads from standard input if no files are given or when a filename of
`-' is encountered. If more than one file is given, it prints a
header consisting of the file's name enclosed in `==>' and `<=='
before the output for each file.
OPTIONS
head accepts two option formats: the new one, in which numbers are arguments to the option letters, and the old one, in which the number precedes any option letters.
"-c N, --bytes N" Print first N bytes. N is a nonzero integer, optionally followed by one of the following characters to specify a different unit.
b
512-byte blocks.
k
1-kilobyte blocks.
m
1-megabyte blocks.
"-l, -n N, --lines N" Print first N lines.
"-q, --quiet, --silent" Never print filename headers.
"-v, --verbose" Always print filename headers.
"--help" Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero status.
"--version" Print version information on standard output then exit.