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            1 .Dd October 8, 2015
            2 .Dt HEAD 1
            3 .Os sbase
            4 .Sh NAME
            5 .Nm head
            6 .Nd display initial lines of files
            7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
            8 .Nm
            9 .Op Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
           10 .Op Ar file ...
           11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
           12 .Nm
           13 writes
           14 .Ar num
           15 lines of each
           16 .Ar file
           17 to stdout.
           18 If no
           19 .Ar file
           20 is given
           21 .Nm
           22 reads from stdin.
           23 .Sh OPTIONS
           24 .Bl -tag -width Ds
           25 .It Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
           26 Display initial
           27 .Ar num
           28 |
           29 .Sy N
           30 lines.
           31 Default is 10.
           32 .El
           33 .Sh SEE ALSO
           34 .Xr tail 1
           35 .Sh STANDARDS
           36 POSIX.1-2013.
           37 .Pp
           38 The
           39 .Op Fl Ns num
           40 syntax is an extension to that specification.