head — output the first part of files
head [OPTION...] [FILE...]
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 options are mandatory for short options too.
−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, −−silentnever print headers giving file names
−v, −−verbosealways print headers giving file names
−z, −−zero−terminatedline delimiter is NUL, not newline
−−helpdisplay this help and exit
−−versionoutput version information and exit
NUM may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y. Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) head invocation'
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