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head                         Command                         head




Print the beginning of a file

hheeaadd [+_n[bbccll]] [_f_i_l_e]
hheeaadd [-_n[bbccll]] [_f_i_l_e]

hheeaadd ccooppiieess tthhee  ffiirrsstt ppaarrtt ooff ffiillee, oorr ooff  tthhee ssttaannddaarrdd iinnppuutt iiff
nnoonnee iiss nnaammeedd, ttoo tthhee ssttaannddaarrdd oouuttppuutt.

TThhee  ggiivveenn nnuummbbeerr  tteellllss hheeaadd  wwhheerree ttoo bbeeggiinn  ttoo ccooppyy  tthhee ddaattaa.
NNuummbbeerrss ooff  tthhee ffoorrmm +nnuummbbeerr mmeeaassuurree tthhee  ssttaarrttiinngg ppooiinntt ffrroomm tthhee
bbeeggiinnnniinngg ooff tthhee ffiillee; tthhoossee ooff tthhee ffoorrmm -nnuummbbeerr mmeeaassuurree ffrroomm tthhee
eenndd ooff tthhee ffiillee.

AA ssppeecciiffiieerr ooff bblloocckkss, cchhaarraacctteerrss,  oorr lliinneess (bb, c, or l, respec-
tively) may follow the number;  the default is lines.  If no num-
ber is specified, a default of +4 is assumed.

***** See Also *****

commands, dd, egrep, sed, tail

***** Notes *****

Because  head buffers  data measured  from the  end of  the file,
large counts may not work.































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