.DT head $MUDNAME$ creator help head .SH Name .SI 5 Head - Display the first few lines of a file. .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 head [<num>] <file(s)> .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 Head will print the first few lines of a file. It is useful for checking log files, or just checking files where you know the bit you want to look at is in the beginning of the file. The files are specified either relative to your current path, or absolute from the root dir and will be expanded. .EP .SP 5 5 If you use 'head <num>', head will display the first <num> lines of <files>. .EP .SH Examples .SI 5 > head womble.c > head /doc/creator/commands/head > head 40 here .EI .SH See also .SP 5 5 tail, more, cat, ed, grep, find .EP