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NAME

head -- print the first lines of a file.

SYNOPSIS

head [-n count] [files ...]

DESCRIPTION

head prints the first count lines from each file. If the -n is not given, the first 10 lines will be printed. If no files are given, the first lines of standard input will be printed.

OPTIONS

head accepts the following options:

-n count

Print count lines instead of the default 10.

ENVIRONMENT

The working of head is not influenced by any environment variables.

BUGS

head has no known bugs.

STANDARDS

This head implementation is compliant with the IEEE Std1003.2-1992 specification, also known as POSIX.2.

This head implementation is compatible with the OpenBSD implementation.

REVISION HISTORY

    $Log: head,v $
    Revision 1.2  2004/08/05 14:17:43  cwest
    cleanup, new version number on website

    Revision 1.1  2004/07/23 20:10:06  cwest
    initial import

    Revision 1.4  1999/03/02 17:37:26  abigail
    Added __DIE__ handler. Simplified dying on illegal count arguments.

    Revision 1.3  1999/03/02 17:28:39  abigail
    Provided support for reading from STDIN if no arguments are given.

    Revision 1.2  1999/02/26 18:39:59  abigail
    Fixed usage message.

    Revision 1.1  1999/02/26 18:38:59  abigail
    Initial revision

AUTHOR

The Perl implementation of head was written by Abigail, abigail@fnx.com.

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.

This program is free and open software. You may use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same.