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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
+.TH HEAD "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+head \- output the first part of files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B head
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+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.
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fI[\-]N\fR
+print the first N bytes of each file;
+with the leading `\-', print all but the last
+N bytes of each file
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fI[\-]N\fR
+print the first N lines instead of the first 10;
+with the leading `\-', print all but the last
+N lines of each file
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
+never print headers giving file names
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
+always print headers giving file names
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.PP
+N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024, m 1024*1024.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+The full documentation for
+.B head
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B head
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info head
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.