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.TH HEAD 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
head \(em output the first part of files
.SH SYNOPSYS
\fBhead\fR [-n \fInumber\fR] [\fIfile\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Output the first \fInumber\fR of lines from each \fIfile\fR to standard output.
If no \fInumber\fR is specified, 10 lines will be output.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
.B -n \fInumber\fR
Number of lines to output for each \fIfile\fR.
.TP
.B --help
Display help information.
.TP
.B --version
Display version information.
.SH OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
.TP
.I file
A pathname of an input file. If no \fIfile\fR operands are specified, or
\fIfile\fR is a '\fB-\fR', \fIhead\fR will read from standard input.
.SH EXIT STATUS
The following exit values will be returned:
.TP
\ 0
All files were processed successfully.
.TP
>0
An error occurred.
.SH STANDARDS
The \fIhead\fR utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ("POSIX.2")
specification.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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