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.TH HEAD "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
head \- output the first part of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B head
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fI[\-]N\fR
print the first N bytes of each file;
with the leading `\-', print all but the last
N bytes of each file
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fI[\-]N\fR
print the first N lines instead of the first 10;
with the leading `\-', print all but the last
N lines of each file
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
never print headers giving file names
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
always print headers giving file names
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024, m 1024*1024.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B head
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B head
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info head
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.