.TH HEAD 1

.SH NAME

head \- print the first few lines of a file

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBhead\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR | \fB\-n\fR \fIn\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR] ...\fR

.br

.de FL

.TP

\\fB\\$1\\fR

\\$2

..

.de EX

.TP 20

\\fB\\$1\\fR

# \\$2

..

.SH OPTIONS

.TP 5

.B \-n \fIn\fR

# How many lines to print

.TP 5

.B \-\fIn\fR

# How many lines to print (backwards-compatible)

.SH EXAMPLES

.TP 20

.B head \-n 6

# Print first 6 lines of \fIstdin\fR

.TP 20

.B head \-1 file1 file2

# Print first line of two files

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

The first few lines of one or more files are printed.

The default count is 10 lines.

The default file is \fIstdin\fR.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR tail (1).