HEAD(1) 			 User Commands			       HEAD(1)

NAME
       head - output the first part of files


SYNOPSIS
       head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       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  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -c, --bytes=[-]N
	      print the first N bytes of each  file;  with  the  leading  `-',
	      print all but the last N bytes of each file

       -n, --lines=[-]N
	      print  the first N lines instead of the first 10; with the lead-
	      ing `-', print all but the last N lines of each file

       -q, --quiet, --silent
	      never print headers giving file names

       -v, --verbose
	      always print headers giving file names

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024, m 1024*1024.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of	it  under  the
       terms	   of	    the      GNU      General	   Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and head programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info head

       should give you access to the complete manual.

head 5.93			   May 2006			       HEAD(1)