head [-c|--bytes] [-n|--lines]
[-q|--quiet] [-v|--verbose]
[-z|--zero-terminated] [-h|--help]
[-V|--version] [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 flags are mandatory for short flags
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
- never print headers giving file names
- -v, --verbose
- always print headers giving file names
- -z,
--zero-terminated
- line delimiter is NUL, not newline
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -V, --version
- Print version
- [FILE]
-
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