What Is Head and Tail Command in Unix?
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The head command command prints lines from the beginning of a file (the head), and the tail command prints lines from the end of files. …

What is head and tail in Unix?

They are, by default, installed in all Linux distributions. As their names imply, the head command will output the first part of the file, while the tail command will print the last part of the file. Both commands write the result to standard output.

How do you use the head and tail command?

The command is: head -M file_name | tail +N since the head command takes first M lines and from M lines tail command cuts lines starting from +N till the end, we can also use head -M file_name | tail +(M-N+1) command since the head command takes first M lines and from M lines tail command cuts (M-N+1) lines starting …

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