


HEAD(1L)						 HEAD(1L)


NNAAMMEE
       head - output the first part of files

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       hheeaadd [-c N[bkm]] [-n N] [-qv] [--bytes=N[bkm]] [--lines=N]
       [--quiet]  [--silent]  [--verbose]  [--help]   [--version]
       [file...]

       hheeaadd [-Nbcklmqv] [file...]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual page documents the GNU version of hheeaadd.  hheeaadd
       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.

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       hheeaadd  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_, _-_-_b_y_t_e_s _N
	      Print  first  N  bytes.	N  is  a nonzero integer,
	      optionally followed by one of the following charac-
	      ters to specify a different unit.

	      b	512-byte blocks.

	      k	1-kilobyte blocks.

	      m	1-megabyte blocks.

       _-_l_, _-_n _N_, _-_-_l_i_n_e_s _N
	      Print first N lines.

       _-_q_, _-_-_q_u_i_e_t_, _-_-_s_i_l_e_n_t
	      Never print filename headers.

       _-_v_, _-_-_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
	      Always print filename headers.

       _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
	      tus.

       _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
	      Print version information on  standard  error  then
	      exit.







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