1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)head.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 06/24/90 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Os BSD 4.4 10.Dt HEAD 1 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm head 13.Nd give first few lines 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm head 16.Oo 17.Op Fl Ar count 18.Oo 19.Ar 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21This filter gives the first 22.Ar count 23lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. 24If 25.Ar count 26is omitted it defaults to 2710. 28.Sh SEE ALSO 29.Xr tail 1 30.Sh HISTORY 31.Nm head 32appeared in 3 BSD. 33