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1 .Dd October 8, 2015
2 .Dt HEAD 1
3 .Os sbase
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm head
6 .Nd display initial lines of files
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
10 .Op Ar file ...
11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
12 .Nm
13 writes
14 .Ar num
15 lines of each
16 .Ar file
17 to stdout.
18 If no
19 .Ar file
20 is given
21 .Nm
22 reads from stdin.
23 .Sh OPTIONS
24 .Bl -tag -width Ds
25 .It Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
26 Display initial
27 .Ar num
28 |
29 .Sy N
30 lines.
31 Default is 10.
32 .El
33 .Sh SEE ALSO
34 .Xr tail 1
35 .Sh STANDARDS
36 The
37 .Nm
38 utility is compliant with the
39 .St -p1003.1-2013
40 specification.
41 .Pp
42 The
43 .Op Fl Ns num
44 syntax is an extension to that specification.
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