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![]() Example usage of head command to display first 5 lines of Lorem ipsum in the specified file | |
Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
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Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, MSX-DOS, IBM i |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
License | coreutils: GPLv3 |
head is a program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to display the beginning of a text file or piped data.