

HEAD(1)                   Minix Programmer's Manual                    HEAD(1)


NAME
     head - print the first few lines of a file

SYNOPSIS
     head [-n] [file] ...

OPTIONS

     -n   How many lines to print

EXAMPLES

     head -6             # Print first 6 lines of stdin

     head -1 file1 file2 # Print first line of two files

DESCRIPTION

     The first few lines of one or more files are printed.  The default  count
     is 10 lines.  The default file is stdin.

SEE ALSO
     tail(1).





























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