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---
syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, osx]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
---
# head
> Output the first part of files.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html>.
- Output the first 10 lines of a file:
`head {{path/to/file}}`
- Output the first 5 lines of multiple files:
`head {{[-5|--lines 5]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`
- Output the first `count` lines of a file:
`head {{[-n|--lines]}} {{count}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Output the first n `bytes` of a file:
`head {{[-c|--bytes]}} {{bytes}} {{path/to/file}}`