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- Head
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- CLI usage: head [lines <num>] file
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- WB usage: hold down the SHIFT key, click on the head.iconx, then double
- click on the required text icon
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- This program displays the first <num> lines of a file.
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- The lines <num> is optional. If present then the first <num> lines of
- the file are displayed, if missing then the program defaults to 10 lines.
- Note that the letter `l' can be used as a synonym for `lines'. For WB usage
- the program always displays the first ten lines.
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- eg. To display the first 15 lines of the file `foo'
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- head lines 15 foo
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- To display the first 10 lines of file `fred'
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- head fred
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- Head is 452 bytes long
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