.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.012. .TH HEAD "1" "August 1999" "GNU textutils 2.0" FSF .SH NAME head \- output the first part of files .SH SYNOPSIS .B head [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]... .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .\" Add any additional description here .PP 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. .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR print first SIZE bytes .TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fINUMBER\fR print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10 .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR never print headers giving file names .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR always print headers giving file names .TP \fB\-\-help\fR display this help and exit .TP \fB\-\-version\fR output version information and exit .PP SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg. If \fB\-VALUE\fR is used as first OPTION, read \fB\-c\fR VALUE when one of multipliers bkm follows concatenated, else read \fB\-n\fR VALUE. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to . .SH "SEE ALSO" The full documentation for .B head is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the .B info and .B head programs are properly installed at your site, the command .IP .B info head .PP should give you access to the complete manual. .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .br This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.