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| author | joel <joel@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-03-16 22:53:38 +0000 |
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| committer | joel <joel@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-03-16 22:53:38 +0000 |
| commit | 2c33737ccb39296e83e0325b02a83ee7e1c5c95f (patch) | |
| tree | 1d7056ea05a6eeb491f12458285437b83325fab2 /usr.bin/head/head.1 | |
| parent | 4bbf2e81a6a3b076d53a9eb2d67eec6b39027517 (diff) | |
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Add a couple of examples.
Obtained from: OpenBSD
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diff --git a/usr.bin/head/head.1 b/usr.bin/head/head.1 index 0e16477..9bc3413 100644 --- a/usr.bin/head/head.1 +++ b/usr.bin/head/head.1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)head.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dd March 16, 2013 .Dt HEAD 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ where is the name of the file. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +To display the first 500 lines of the file +.Ar foo : +.Pp +.Dl $ head -n 500 foo +.Pp +.Nm +can be used in conjunction with +.Xr tail 1 +in the following way to, for example, display only line 500 from the file +.Ar foo : +.Pp +.Dl $ head -n 500 foo | tail -n 1 .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr tail 1 .Sh HISTORY |
