head

Shows the first lines of a file.

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Verified: 2025-09-09

Syntax

$head [OPTIONEN] [DATEI...]

Examples

$head datei.txt

$head -n 20 datei.txt

Typical use cases

Standard usage

head --help

Note Useful for quick file preview.

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