head — output the first part of files
head
[OPTION
...] [FILE
...]
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
=[−]N
print the first N bytes of each file; with the leading `−', print all but the last N bytes of each file
−n
, −−lines
=[−]N
print the first N lines instead of the first 10; with the leading `−', print all but the last N 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
N 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.