head

head [options] [files]

Print the first few lines of one or more files (default is 10).

Options

-n

Print the first n lines of the file.

-n n

Print the first n lines of the file. Solaris only.

Examples

Display the first 20 lines of phone_list:

head -20 phone_list

Display the first 10 phone numbers having a 202 area code:

grep '(202)' phone_list | head