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Output file parts with Head Command. Extract initial lines or bytes. Control file content easily with this command line tool. Free online tool, no registration required.

head

Output the first part of files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/head-invocation.html.

  • Output the first few lines of a file:

head {{[-n|--lines]}} {{count}} {{path/to/file}}

  • Output the first few bytes of a file:

head {{[-c|--bytes]}} {{count}} {{path/to/file}}

  • Output everything but the last few lines of a file:

head {{[-n|--lines]}} -{{count}} {{path/to/file}}

  • Output everything but the last few bytes of a file:

head {{[-c|--bytes]}} -{{count}} {{path/to/file}}