bsd man page for head

Query: head

OS: bsd

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HEAD(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   HEAD(1)

NAME
head - give first few lines
SYNOPSIS
head [ -count ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
This filter gives the first count lines of each of the specified files, or of the standard input. If count is omitted it defaults to 10.
SEE ALSO
tail(1) 3rd Berkeley Distribution April 29, 1985 HEAD(1)
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head(1) - redhat
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git-symbolic-ref(1) - osx
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