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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

                                  2026-04-07                           HEAD(1)