[Midnightbsd-cvs] src [7157] trunk/usr.bin/head/head.1: add some examples

[laffer1 at midnightbsd.org]

Revision: 7157
          http://svnweb.midnightbsd.org/src/?rev=7157
Author:   laffer1
Date:     2015-07-26 13:12:05 -0400 (Sun, 26 Jul 2015)
Log Message:
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add some examples

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/usr.bin/head/head.1

Modified: trunk/usr.bin/head/head.1
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--- trunk/usr.bin/head/head.1	2015-07-26 17:10:42 UTC (rev 7156)
+++ trunk/usr.bin/head/head.1	2015-07-26 17:12:05 UTC (rev 7157)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)head.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $MidnightBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dd March 16, 2013
 .Dt HEAD 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@
 is the name of the file.
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+To display the first 500 lines of the file
+.Ar foo :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ head -n 500 foo
+.Pp
+.Nm
+can be used in conjunction with
+.Xr tail 1
+in the following way to, for example, display only line 500 from the file
+.Ar foo :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ head -n 500 foo | tail -n 1
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr tail 1
 .Sh HISTORY