| .Dd 2015-10-08 |
| .Dt HEAD 1 |
| .Os sbase |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm head |
| .Nd display initial lines of files |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm |
| .Op Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num |
| .Op Ar file ... |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm |
| writes |
| .Ar num |
| lines of each |
| .Ar file |
| to stdout. |
| If no |
| .Ar file |
| is given |
| .Nm |
| reads from stdin. |
| .Sh OPTIONS |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num |
| Display initial |
| .Ar num |
| | |
| .Sy N |
| lines. Default is 10. |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr tail 1 |
| .Sh STANDARDS |
| The |
| .Nm |
| utility is compliant with the |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 |
| specification. |
| .Pp |
| The |
| .Op Fl Ns num |
| syntax is an extension to that specification. |