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55b4350d | 34 | .Dd July 14, 1993 |
15637ed4 | 35 | .Dt HEAD 1 |
55b4350d | 36 | .Os |
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37 | .Sh NAME |
38 | .Nm head | |
39 | .Nd give first few lines | |
40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
41 | .Nm head | |
55b4350d | 42 | .Op Fl n Ar count |
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43 | .Op Ar |
44 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
45 | This filter gives the first | |
46 | .Ar count | |
47 | lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. | |
48 | If | |
49 | .Ar count | |
50 | is omitted it defaults to | |
51 | 10. | |
52 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
53 | .Xr tail 1 | |
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54 | .Sh STANDARDS |
55 | The | |
56 | .Nm head | |
57 | command is expected to be | |
58 | .St -p1003.2 | |
59 | compliant. | |
60 | .Pp | |
61 | The historic command line syntax of | |
62 | .Nm head | |
63 | is supported by this implementation. | |
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64 | .Sh HISTORY |
65 | The | |
66 | .Nm head | |
67 | command appeared in | |
68 | .Bx 3.0 . |