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 6.5 (Berkeley) 03/14/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Os 12.Dt HEAD 1 13.Sh NAME 14.Nm head 15.Nd give first few lines 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm head 18.Oo 19.Op Fl Ar count 20.Oo 21.Ar 22.Sh DESCRIPTION 23This filter gives the first 24.Ar count 25lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. 26If 27.Ar count 28is omitted it defaults to 2910. 30.Sh SEE ALSO 31.Xr tail 1 32.Sh HISTORY 33.Nm head 34appeared in 3 BSD. 35