tldr/pages/osx/head.md

# head

> Output the first part of files.

- Output the first few lines of a file:

`head -n {{count_of_lines}} {{filename}}`

- Output the first few bytes of a file:

`head -c {{number_in_bytes}} {{filename}}`
add page for head in mac and linux 2014-07-16 15:50:37 +01:00			`# head`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Output the first part of files.`
add page for head in mac and linux 2014-07-16 15:50:37 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Output the first few lines of a file:`
add page for head in mac and linux 2014-07-16 15:50:37 +01:00
Head args are supposed to be in bytes rather than KB commit 32490f087fce93beadae3c59b10c1b8200734106 Author: Parth Mehrotra <parth.mehrotra.cs@gmail.com> Date: Sun Jan 3 23:09:09 2016 -0500 replaced spaces with underscores commit 51c680741e497aa891848e2008f55e5c316c18f0 Author: Parth Mehrotra <parth.mehrotra.cs@gmail.com> Date: Sat Jan 2 22:23:37 2016 -0500 head args are supposed to be in bytes, rather thank KB commit 52e1aefe5bdcf05084222ec2c184bdd5ff96cc8e Author: Parth Mehrotra <parth.mehrotra.cs@gmail.com> Date: Sat Jan 2 13:31:56 2016 -0500 head args aren't in bytes 2016-01-04 04:11:03 +00:00			`head -n {{count_of_lines}} {{filename}}`
add page for head in mac and linux 2014-07-16 15:50:37 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Output the first few bytes of a file:`
add page for head in mac and linux 2014-07-16 15:50:37 +01:00
Head args are supposed to be in bytes rather than KB commit 32490f087fce93beadae3c59b10c1b8200734106 Author: Parth Mehrotra <parth.mehrotra.cs@gmail.com> Date: Sun Jan 3 23:09:09 2016 -0500 replaced spaces with underscores commit 51c680741e497aa891848e2008f55e5c316c18f0 Author: Parth Mehrotra <parth.mehrotra.cs@gmail.com> Date: Sat Jan 2 22:23:37 2016 -0500 head args are supposed to be in bytes, rather thank KB commit 52e1aefe5bdcf05084222ec2c184bdd5ff96cc8e Author: Parth Mehrotra <parth.mehrotra.cs@gmail.com> Date: Sat Jan 2 13:31:56 2016 -0500 head args aren't in bytes 2016-01-04 04:11:03 +00:00			`head -c {{number_in_bytes}} {{filename}}`