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-.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
-.\" All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
+.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
-.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided
-.\" that: (1) source distributions retain this entire copyright notice and
-.\" comment, and (2) distributions including binaries display the following
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-.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
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+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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 .\"
-.\"     @(#)head.1	6.4 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd July 24, 1990
-.Os BSD 4.4
+.\"	@(#)head.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
 .Dt HEAD 1
+.Os BSD 3
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm head
-.Nd give first few lines
+.Nd display first lines of a file
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm head
-.Oo
-.Op Fl Ar count
-.Oo
-.Ar
+.Op Fl n Ar count
+.Op Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-This filter gives the first
+This filter displays the first
 .Ar count
-lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input.
+lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input if no
+files are specified.
 If
 .Ar count
-is omitted it defaults to
-10.
+is omitted it defaults to 10.
+.Pp
+If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
+header consisting of the string
+.Dq ==> XXX <==
+where
+.Dq XXX
+is the name of the file.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm head
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr tail 1
 .Sh HISTORY
+The
 .Nm head
-appeared in 3 BSD.
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .