Linux / Unix head command

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About head

Displays the first ten lines of a file, unless otherwise stated.

Syntax

head [-number | -n number] filename

-number	The number of the you want to display.
-n number	The number of the you want to display.
filename	The file that you want to display the x amount of lines of.

Examples

head -15 myfile.txt - Would display the first fifteen lines of myfile.txt.

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