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.\" Sccsid @(#)head.1	1.5 (gritter) 12/6/04
.TH HEAD 1 "12/6/04" "Heirloom Toolchest" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
head \- display first few lines of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBhead\fR [\fB\-\fInumber\fR|\fB\-n\fI number\fR] [\fIfile\fR\ ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B head
command prints the first
.I number
of lines from each
.I file to standard output.
If no
.I number
is specified, 10 is the default.
Without a
.I file
operand, the standard input is used.
.PP
When more that one
.I file
operand is given,
the string
.RS
.sp
\fB==> \fIfile\fB <==\fR
.sp
.RE
is printed before the first lines of the
.IR file.
.PP
The facility to specify the
.I number
with the
.I \-n
option has been introduced by POSIX.2.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cat(1),
pg(1),
sed(1)