<<>> <> <> <<>> Head PCEDAR 2.0 % FOR INTERNAL XEROX USE ONLY Head Weiser Ó Copyright 1990 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. Abstract: Head provides a facility similar to the Unix command "head". It copies the first N (default ten) lines of its input to its output. Created by: Weiser Maintained by: Weiser Keywords: head, lines, filter XEROX Xerox Corporation Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 For Internal Xerox Use Only Example ls -d | head 30 prints the thirty most recently changed files in the working directory. Caveats After taking the ten minutes it took to write this, I realize that the same effect can be achieved, at slight performance detriment (who cares?) using the Commander command: unix head head But the head packkage is close to the minimal sized command, perhaps it can be a template for something less obvious.