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HEAD(1) 			  User Commands 			 HEAD(1)

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

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

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

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

     -z, --zero-terminated
	    line delimiter is NUL, not newline

     --help
	    display this help and exit

     --version
	    output version information and exit

     NUM 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, R, Q.  Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL
     version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     tail(1)

     Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head>
     or available locally via: info '(coreutils) head invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.9		  November 2025 			 HEAD(1)

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