1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.43.3.
2 .TH HEAD "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.22" "User Commands"
4 head \- output the first part of files
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.
12 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.
13 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
15 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
17 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fI[\-]K\fR
18 print the first K bytes of each file;
19 with the leading '\-', print all but the last
22 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fI[\-]K\fR
23 print the first K lines instead of the first 10;
24 with the leading '\-', print all but the last
27 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
28 never print headers giving file names
30 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
31 always print headers giving file names
34 display this help and exit
37 output version information and exit
39 K may have a multiplier suffix:
40 b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,
41 GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.
43 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
44 Report head translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
46 Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
48 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
49 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
51 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
52 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
54 The full documentation for
56 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
60 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
62 .B info coreutils \(aqhead invocation\(aq
64 should give you access to the complete manual.