HEAD

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NAME

head - give first few lines  

SYNOPSIS

head [-count ] [file ... ]  

DESCRIPTION

This filter gives the first count lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. If count is omitted it defaults to 10.  

SEE ALSO

tail(1)  

HISTORY

The head command appeared in BSD 3.0


 

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