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NAME
       head - output the first part of files

SYNOPSIS
       head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print  the  first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.  With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the
       file name.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -c, --bytes=[-]K
	      print the first K bytes of each file; with the leading `-', print all but the last K bytes of each file

       -n, --lines=[-]K
	      print the first K lines instead of the first 10; with the leading `-', print all but the last K lines of each file

       -q, --quiet, --silent
	      never print headers giving file names

       -v, --verbose
	      always print headers giving file names

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       K may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and
       so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report head bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: 
       General help using GNU software: 
       Report head translation bugs to 

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright    ©	 2011	 Free	 Software   Foundation,   Inc.	  License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3	or   later
       .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and head programs are properly installed at
       your site, the command

	      info coreutils 'head invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb				  September 2011						   HEAD(1)