head

SYNOPSIS

       head [OPTION]... [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  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -c, --bytes=[-]K
              print the first K bytes of each  file;  with  the  leading  '-',
              print all but the last K bytes of each file

       -n, --lines=[-]K
              print  the first K lines instead of the first 10; with the lead-
              ing '-', print all but the last K lines of each file

       -q, --quiet, --silent
              never print headers giving file names

       -v, --verbose
              always print headers giving file names

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       K may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M
       1024*1024,  GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E,
       Z, Y.

       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report head translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The  full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and head programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
       command

              info coreutils 'head invocation'