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HEAD(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   HEAD(1)

NAME
       head - print the first few lines of a file

SYNOPSIS
       head [-n] [file] ...

OPTIONS
       -n     How many lines to print

EXAMPLES
       head -6		   # Print first 6 lines of stdin

       head -1 file1 file2 # Print first line of two files

DESCRIPTION
       The first few lines of one or more files are printed.  The default count is 10 lines.  The default file is stdin.

SEE ALSO
       tail(1).

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