HEAD(1)                    Commands and Applications                   HEAD(1)

NAME

       head - display first lines of a file

SYNOPSIS

       head [-n count | -c bytes ] file...

   Obsolescent:
       head [ -count ] [file...]

DESCRIPTION

       This  filter  displays  the  first  count lines or bytes of each of the
       specified files, or of the standard input if no  files  are  specified.
       If count is omitted it defaults to 10.

       If  more  than  a  single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
       header consisting of the string ==> XXX <== where XXX is  the  name  of
       the file.

       The head utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

OPTIONS

              -n     Print the indicated number of lines.

              -c     Print the indicated number of characters.

VERSION

       This manual page documents head version 2.0.

ATTRIBUTIONS

       This  command was ported from FreeBSD source code for distribution with
       GNO/ME 2.0.6.

SEE ALSO

       tail(1)



GNO                               August 1997                          HEAD(1)