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