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.TH HEAD 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
head \- 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.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBhead\fR [OPTION]... [FILE]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR \fI<[\-]NUM>\fR
print the first NUM bytes of each file;
with a leading \*(Aq\-\*(Aq, print all but the last
NUM bytes of each file
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR \fI<[\-]NUM>\fR
print the first NUM lines instead of the first 10;
with a leading \*(Aq\-\*(Aq, print all but the last
NUM lines of each file
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
never print headers giving file names
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
always print headers giving file names
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.TP
[\fIFILE\fR] [default: \-]

.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0