HEAD(1)

NAME
head - display first few lines of specified files

SYNOPSIS
head [ -n ] [ filename...]

DESCRIPTION
head copies the first n lines of each filename to the standard output. If no filename is given, head copies lines from the standard input. The default value of n is 10 lines.

When more than one file is specified, the start of each file which looks like:

    ==>filename<==

Thus, a common way to display a set of short files, identifying each one, is:
    example% head -9999 filename1 filename2 ...

EXAMPLE

The following example:
    example% head -4 /usr/share/man/man1/{cat,head,tail}.1*

produces:
    ==> /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1v <==
    .TH CAT 1V "2 June 1983"
    .SH NAME
    cat - concatenate and display
    .SH SYNOPSIS

    ==> /usr/share/man/man1/head.1 <==
    .TH HEAD 1 "24 August 1983"
    .SH NAME
    head - display first few lines of specified files
    .SH SYNOPSIS

    ==> /usr/share/man/man1/tail.1 <==
    .TH TAIL 1  "27 April 1983"
    .SH NAME
    tail - display the last part of a file
    .SH SYNOPSIS

SEE ALSO
cat(1V), more(1), tail(1)