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<h1> The <tt>s6-head</tt> program </h1>

<p>
 s6-head prints the first lines of its input files.
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<h2> Interface </h2>

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     s6-head [ -S ] [ -1..9 | -n <em>lines</em> | -c <em>chars</em> ] <em>file...</em>
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<p>
 s6-head acts as the generic
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/head.html">head</a> utility.
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<h2> Extra options </h2>

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 <li> <tt>-S</tt>&nbsp;: safe mode. s6-head stops reading its input files <em>right after</em>
getting all the lines it needs. The rest of the stream can then be handled by other
utilities without any data loss. </li>
 <li> <tt>-1..9</tt>&nbsp;: equivalent to <tt>-n 1</tt> .. <tt>-n 9</tt>. </li>
 <li> <tt>-c</tt>&nbsp;<em>chars</em>&nbsp;: cuts after <em>chars</em> characters instead
of <em>lines</em> lines. </li>
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<h2> Posixness </h2>

<p>
 s6-head <strong>is</strong> suitable as a Single Unix
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/head.html">head</a>
program.
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