head - head

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

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NAME

head − head

SYNOPSIS

head [FLAG]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too.

Arguments:

[FILE]...

OPTIONS

−c, −−bytes <[−]NUM>

print the first NUM bytes of each file; with the leading ’−’, print all but the last NUM bytes of each file

−n, −−lines <[−]NUM>

print the first NUM lines instead of the first 10; with the leading ’−’, print all but the last NUM lines of each file

−q, −−quiet

never print headers giving file names [aliases: −−silent]

−v, −−verbose

always print headers giving file names

−z, −−zero−terminated

line delimiter is NUL, not newline

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version

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