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NAME
head
- display first lines of a file
SYNOPSIS
[-n count
]
[file ...
]
DESCRIPTION
This filter displays the first
count
lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input if no
files are specified.
If
count
is omitted it defaults to 10.
If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
header consisting of the string
``==> XXX <==''
where
``XXX''
is the name of the file.
The
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
COMPATIBILITY
The historic command line syntax of
is supported by this implementation.
SEE ALSO
tail(1)
STANDARDS
The
utility conforms to
St -p1003.2-92 .
HISTORY
The
utility appeared in
BSD 3.0
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- COMPATIBILITY
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- SEE ALSO
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- STANDARDS
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