How do I read the first line of a file using cat?

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Doboy picture Doboy · May 24, 2011 · Viewed 214.2k times · Source

How do I read the first line of a file using cat?

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Carl Norum picture Carl Norum · May 24, 2011

You don't need cat. 

head -1 file

will work fine.

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