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=[-]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 lead-
              ing `-', 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, k 1024, m 1024*1024.

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  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 head