(coreutils.info)Output of parts of files

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5 Output of parts of files
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These commands output pieces of the input.

head invocation

Output the first part of files.

tail invocation

Output the last part of files.

split invocation

Split a file into pieces.

csplit invocation

Split a file into context-determined pieces.