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 options are mandatory for short options too.
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.
OPTIONS
- -c, --bytes <[-]NUM>
-
print the first NUM bytes of each file; with a 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 a 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] [default: -]
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0