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36 .Nd display first lines of a file
39 .Op Fl n Ar count | Fl c Ar bytes
42 This filter displays the first
46 of each of the specified files, or of the standard input if no
50 is omitted it defaults to 10.
52 The following options are available:
53 .Bl -tag -width indent
54 .It Fl c Ar bytes , Fl -bytes Ns = Ns Ar bytes
57 of each of the specified files.
58 .It Fl n Ar count , Fl -lines Ns = Ns Ar count
61 lines of each of the specified files.
64 If more than a single file is specified, each file is preceded by a
65 header consisting of the string
69 is the name of the file.
73 To display the first 500 lines of the file
79 can be used in conjunction with
81 in the following way to, for example, display only line 500 from the file
84 .Dl $ head -n 500 foo | tail -n 1
90 command appeared in PWB UNIX.