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1 perry 1 HEAD
2 !!!HEAD
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AUTHOR
7 REPORTING BUGS
8 COPYRIGHT
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 head - output the first part of files
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 __head__ [[''OPTION'']... [[''FILE'']...
19 !!DESCRIPTION
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22 Print first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With
23 more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the
24 file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard
25 input.
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28 __-c__, __--bytes__=''SIZE''
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31 print first SIZE bytes
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34 __-n__, __--lines__=''NUMBER''
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37 print first NUMBER lines instead of first 10
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40 __-q__, __--quiet__, __--silent__
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43 never print headers giving file names
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46 __-v__, __--verbose__
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49 always print headers giving file names
50
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52 __--help__
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55 display this help and exit
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58 __--version__
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61 output version information and exit
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64 SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m
65 for 1 Meg. If __-VALUE__ is used as first OPTION, read
66 __-c__ VALUE when one of multipliers bkm follows
67 concatenated, else read __-n__ VALUE.
68 !!AUTHOR
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2 perry 71 Written by David !MacKenzie.
1 perry 72 !!REPORTING BUGS
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75 Report bugs to
76 !!COPYRIGHT
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79 Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
80 This is free software; see the source for copying
81 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
82 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
83 PURPOSE.
84 !!SEE ALSO
85
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87 The full documentation for __head__ is maintained as a
88 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __head__ programs
89 are properly installed at your site, the
90 command
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93 __info head__
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96 should give you access to the complete manual.
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