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.\" @(#)head.1 2.0 (GNO) 8/1/97
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.\" $Id: head.1,v 1.3 1997/10/03 03:57:52 gdr Exp $
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.\"
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.TH HEAD 1 "August 1997" "GNO" "Commands and Applications"
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.SH NAME
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.BR head
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\- display first lines of a file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR head
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.RB [ -n
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.IR count " |"
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.BI "-c " bytes
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.RI "] " file ...
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.SS Obsolescent:
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.BR head " ["
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.BI - count
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.RI "] [" file ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This filter displays the first
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.I count
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lines or
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.I bytes
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of each of the specified
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.IR file s,
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or of the standard input if no
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.IR file s
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are specified.
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If
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.I count
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is omitted it defaults to 10.
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.LP
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If more than a single
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.I file
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is specified, each
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.I file
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is preceded by a header consisting of the string
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.B "==> XXX <=="
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where
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.B XXX
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is the name of the file.
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.LP
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The
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.BR head
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utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.RS
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.IP \fB-n \fIlines\fR
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Print the indicated number of lines.
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.IP \fB-c \fIbytes\fR
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Print the indicated number of characters.
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.SH VERSION
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This manual page documents
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.BR head
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version 2.0.
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.SH ATTRIBUTIONS
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This command was ported from FreeBSD source code
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for distribution with GNO/ME 2.0.6.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR tail (1)
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