.TH Head V37 "1 March 1993" "Head version 37.7"
.SH FORMAT
.B HEAD
[[\fBFROM\fR] (\fIfile\fR|\fIpattern\fR)...]
[\fBTO\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fBNUM\fR|\fBNUMBER\fR \fIn\fR]
.SH TEMPLATE
.B FROM/M,TO/K,NUM=NUMBER/N/K
.SH PURPOSE
To display first few lines of specified files.
.SH SPECIFICATION
.B HEAD
copies the first
.B NUMBER
lines of each
.B FROM
file to the default output or the
.B TO
file if one is given. If no
.B FROM
files are given,
.B HEAD
copies lines from the default input.  The default number of lines is
10.
.PP
When more than one file is specified, the start of each file looks
like:
.PP
    ==>filename<==
.PP
.SH EXAMPLE
A way to display a set of short files, identifying each one, is:
.PP
    1> HEAD filename1 filename2 NUMBER 9999
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CONCAT (V37),
.BR TYPE (AmigaDOS)
.SH "UNIX EQUIVALENT"
.BR head (1)
.SH AUTHOR
Torsten Poulin (torsten@diku.dk)
.SH UNRESTRICTIONS
.B HEAD
is free; anyone may redistribute copies of
.B HEAD
to anyone under the terms stated in the GNU General Public Licence, a
copy of which accompanies each copy of
.BR HEAD .
.PP
Torsten Poulin encourages you to improve and extend
.BR HEAD ,
and urges that you contribute your extensions to the world.