head

Output the first part of files. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html.

Output the first few lines of a file:

head {{[-n|--lines]}} {{8}} {{path/to/file}}

Output the first few bytes of a file:

head {{[-c|--bytes]}} {{8}} {{path/to/file}}

Output everything but the last few lines of a file:

head {{[-n|--lines]}} -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}

Output everything but the last few bytes of a file:

head {{[-c|--bytes]}} -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}