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HEAD(1) User Commands HEAD(1)
head - output the first part of files
head [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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.
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#head-c\-c, --bytes=[-]NUM]8;;\
print the first NUM bytes of each file; with the leading
'-', print all but the last NUM bytes of each file
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#head-n\-n, --lines=[-]NUM]8;;\
print the first NUM lines instead of the first 10; with the
leading '-', print all but the last NUM lines of each file
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#head-q\-q, --quiet, --silent]8;;\
never print headers giving file names
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#head-v\-v, --verbose]8;;\
always print headers giving file names
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#head-z\-z, --zero-terminated]8;;\
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head#head--help\--help]8;;\ display this help and exit
]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head#head--version\--version]8;;\
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.
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright © 2026 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.
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/head>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) head invocation'
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