head(1) | General Commands Manual | head(1) |
NAME
head - 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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.
SYNOPSIS
head [-c|--bytes] [-n|--lines] [-q|--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero-terminated] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.
OPTIONS
- -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
- never print headers giving file names
- -v, --verbose
- always print headers giving file names
- -z, --zero-terminated
- line delimiter is NUL, not newline
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -V, --version
- Print version
- [FILE]
VERSION
v0.0.27
head 0.0.27 |