NAME

head − display first few lines of specified files

SYNOPSIS

head [ −n ] [ filename...]

DESCRIPTION

head copies the first n lines of each filename to the standard output.  If no filename is given, head copies lines from the standard input.  The default value of n is 10 lines. 

When more than one file is specified, the start of each file which looks like:

==>filename<==

Thus, a common way to display a set of short files, identifying each one, is:

example% head −9999 filename1 filename2 ...

EXAMPLE

The following example:

example% head -4 /usr/share/man/man1/{cat,head,tail}.1∗

produces:

==> /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1v <==
.TH CAT 1V "2 June 1983"
.SH NAME
cat − concatenate and display
.SH SYNOPSIS
==> /usr/share/man/man1/head.1 <==
.TH HEAD 1 "24 August 1983"
.SH NAME
head − display first few lines of specified files
.SH SYNOPSIS
==> /usr/share/man/man1/tail.1 <==
.TH TAIL 1  "27 April 1983"
.SH NAME
tail − display the last part of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS

SEE ALSO

cat(1V), more(1), tail(1)

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 9 September 1987