| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)head.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH HEAD 1 "" |
| 8 | .UC |
| 9 | .SH NAME |
| 10 | head \- give first few lines |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 12 | .B head |
| 13 | [ |
| 14 | .BR \- count |
| 15 | ] [ |
| 16 | file ... |
| 17 | ] |
| 18 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 19 | This filter gives the first |
| 20 | .I count |
| 21 | lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. |
| 22 | If |
| 23 | .I count |
| 24 | is omitted it defaults to |
| 25 | 10. |
| 26 | .SH SEE\ ALSO |
| 27 | tail(1) |