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 a 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 a 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

v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0