Manual: head

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NAME
       head - 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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.

SYNOPSIS
       head [-c|--bytes] [-n|--lines] [-q|--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero-terminated] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [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 flags are mandatory for short flags too.

OPTIONS
       -c, --bytes <[-]NUM>
	      print the first NUM bytes of each file; with a 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 a leading '-', print all but the last NUM lines of
	      each file

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

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

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

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [FILE]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						     HEAD(1)