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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
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.TH HEAD "1" "October 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.20" "User Commands"
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head \- output the first part of files
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
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.\" Add any additional description here
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Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.
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With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.
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With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fI[\-]K\fR
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print the first K bytes of each file;
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with the leading '\-', print all but the last
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fI[\-]K\fR
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print the first K lines instead of the first 10;
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with the leading '\-', print all but the last
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\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
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never print headers giving file names
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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always print headers giving file names
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display this help and exit
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output version information and exit
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K may have a multiplier suffix:
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b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,
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GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.
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Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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Report head bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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Report head translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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The full documentation for
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info coreutils \(aqhead invocation\(aq
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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