# head_file

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/tools/bearly/tool/head_file)

Get the first n lines of a file.

## Signature

```python
head_file(
    path: str,
    n: int,
) -> List[str]
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-community/blob/a6a6079511ac8a5c1293337f88096b8641562e77/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/bearly/tool.py#L20)