head command help

 head - output the first part of files
 

SYNOPSIS

 ../src/head [OPTION]... [FILE]...
 

DESCRIPTION

 Print 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.
 
 -c, --bytes=SIZE
 print first SIZE bytes
 
 -n, --lines=NUMBER
 print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10
 
 -q, --quiet, --silent
 never print headers giving file names
 
 -v, --verbose
 always print headers giving file names
 
 --help display this help and exit
 
 --version
 output version information and exit
 
 SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m
 for 1 Meg. If -VALUE is used as first OPTION, read -c
 VALUE when one of multipliers bkm follows concatenated,
 else read -n VALUE.
 

AUTHOR

 Written by David MacKenzie.
 

REPORTING BUGS

 Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
 

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright ゥ 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying condiュ
 tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 

SEE ALSO

 The full documentation for head is maintained as a Texinfo
 manual. If the info and head programs are properly
 installed at your site, the command
 
 info head