Reference

rust-head(1)

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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.

NAME

head - 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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.

SYNOPSIS

head [-c|--bytes] [-n|--lines] [-q|--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero-terminated] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.

OPTIONS

-c, --bytes=[-]NUM

print the first NUM bytes of each file; with the leading '-', print all but the last NUM bytes of each file

-n, --lines=[-]NUM

print the first NUM lines instead of the first 10; with the leading '-', print all but the last NUM lines of each file

-q, --quiet

never print headers giving file names

-v, --verbose

always print headers giving file names

-z, --zero-terminated

line delimiter is NUL, not newline

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[FILE]

VERSION

v0.0.30

History

-V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie).

--silent until Debian 12 (Bookworm).