HEAD(1)			  User Commands			  HEAD(1)



NAME
       head - output the first part of files

SYNOPSIS
       head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print  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=SIZE
	      print first SIZE bytes

       -n, --lines=NUMBER
	      print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10

       -q, --quiet, --silent
	      never print headers giving file names

       -v, --verbose
	      always print headers giving file names

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       SIZE  may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m
       for 1 Meg.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.	 If  the  info	and  head  programs  are properly
       installed at your site, the command

	      info head

       should give you access to the complete manual.



head (textutils) 2.1	    July 2002			  HEAD(1)