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head - output the first part of files

Author

       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

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

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

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

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

       -z, --zero-terminated
              line delimiter is NUL, not newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       NUM 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, R, Q.  Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K,  MiB=M,  and
       so on.

Name

       head - output the first part of files

Reporting Bugs

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

See Also

tail(1)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) head invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.5                                  April 2025                                            HEAD(1)

Synopsis

head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

See Also