HEAD(1)                   BSD General Commands Manual                  HEAD(1)

NAME
     head -- display first lines of a file

SYNOPSIS
     head [-n count] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
     This filter displays the first count lines of each of the specified
     files, or of the standard input if no files are specified.  If count is
     omitted it defaults to 10.

     If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
     header consisting of the string ``==> X <=='' where ``X'' is the name
     of the file.

     The head utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

COMPATIBILITY
     The historic command line syntax of head is supported by this implementa-
     tion.

SEE ALSO
     tail(1)

STANDARDS
     The head utility conforms to IE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').

HISTORY
     The head utility appeared in 3.0BSD.

BSD                              July 14, 1993                             BSD