Linux "head" Command Line Options and Examples

output the first part of files

Print the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Usage:

head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Command Line Options:

-c

print the first NUM bytes of each file; with the leading '-', print all but the last NUM bytes of each file


                            head -c ...

-n

print the first NUM lines instead of the first 10; with the leading '-', print all but the last NUM lines of each file


                            head -n ...

-q

never print headers giving file names


                            head -q ...

-v

always print headers giving file names


                            head -v ...

-z

line delimiter is NUL, not newline


                            head -z ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            head --help ...

--version

output version information and exitNUM may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so onfor T, P, E, Z, Y.AUTHORWritten by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report head translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


                            head --version ...