Name
head
Synopsis
head [options] [files]
Prints the first few lines of one or more files (default is 10).
Options
- -
n Print the first n lines of the file.
-
-nn Print the first n lines of the file.
Example
Display the first 20 lines of phone_list:
head -20 phone_list
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