head

Output the first part of files.

Synopsis

tofu head [files...] [flags]

Description

Print the first N lines of each FILE to standard output. If no files are specified, read from standard input. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--lines	-n	Output the first N lines	10
--quiet	-q	Never output headers giving file names	false
--verbose	-v	Always output headers giving file names	false

Examples

Show first 10 lines of a file:

tofu head file.txt

Show first 20 lines:

tofu head -n 20 file.txt

Show first lines of multiple files:

tofu head file1.txt file2.txt

Suppress file headers:

tofu head -q file1.txt file2.txt

Read from stdin:

cat bigfile.txt | tofu head -n 5

Sample Output

With multiple files:

==> file1.txt <==
Line 1 of file1
Line 2 of file1
...

==> file2.txt <==
Line 1 of file2
Line 2 of file2
...