Bash command to cut output after x number of lines

Question

I'm looking for a bash command, which I can use to limit the number of lines of a file or another command output. E.g.

ls -thor | limit 10

would limit the output of the ls command to 10 lines (in the example, the command "limit" is naturally a imaginary command, whose equivalent I'm looking for). Is there such command, or a related solution?

Answer 1

Use head:

ls -l | head -n 15

10 lines is the default. Read the head man page for more options.

(older versions of head also support usage without the explicit -n as in head -15)