1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)head.1 6.6 (Berkeley) 07/24/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt HEAD 1 10.Os BSD 3 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm head 13.Nd give first few lines 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm head 16.Op Fl Ns Ar count 17.Op Ar 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19This filter gives the first 20.Ar count 21lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. 22If 23.Ar count 24is omitted it defaults to 2510. 26.Sh SEE ALSO 27.Xr tail 1 28.Sh HISTORY 29The 30.Nm head 31command appeared in 32.Bx 3.0 . 33