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    h\bhe\bea\bad\bd - display first lines of a file

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    h\bhe\bea\bad\bd [-\b-n\bn _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt] [_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be _\b._\b._\b.]

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    This filter displays the first _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt lines of each of the specified
    files, or of the standard input if no files are specified.  If _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt is
    omitted it defaults to 10.

    If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a head-
    er consisting of the string ``==> XXX <=='' where ``XXX'' is the name of
    the file.

    The h\bhe\bea\bad\bd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

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    tail(1)

H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
    The h\bhe\bea\bad\bd command appeared in 3.0BSD.

3rd Berkeley Distribution        June 6, 1993                                1