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authorrgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>1994-05-27 12:33:43 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)head.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dt HEAD 1
+.Os BSD 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm head
+.Nd display first lines of a file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm head
+.Op Fl n Ar count
+.Op Ar file ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This filter displays the first
+.Ar count
+lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input if no
+files are specified.
+If
+.Ar count
+is omitted it defaults to 10.
+.Pp
+If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
+header consisting of the string
+.Dq ==> XXX <==
+where
+.Dq XXX
+is the name of the file.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm head
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr tail 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm head
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .
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