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NAME
head - output the first part of files
SYNOPSIS
head [-c N[bkm]] [-n N] [-qv] [--bytes=N[bkm]] [--lines=N] [--quiet]
[--silent] [--verbose] [file...]
head [-Nbcklmqv] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of head. head prints the
first part (10 lines by default) of each given file; it reads from
standard input if no files are given or when a filename of `-' is
encountered. If more than one file is given, it prints a header
consisting of the file's name enclosed in `==>' and `<==' before the
output for each file.
OPTIONS
head accepts two option formats: the new one, in which numbers are
arguments to the option letters, and the old one, in which the number
precedes any option letters.
-c N, --bytes N
Print first N bytes. N is a nonzero integer, optionally followed by
one of the following characters to specify a different unit.
b 512-byte blocks.
k 1-kilobyte blocks.
m 1-megabyte blocks.
-l, -n N, --lines N
Print first N lines.
-q, --quiet, --silent
Never print filename headers.
-v, --verbose
Always print filename headers.
The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as `--', for
compatibility with previous releases. Eventually support for `+' will be
removed, because it is incompatible with the POSIX.2 standard.