Save 10 lines from Help into txt file

I need to save first 10 lines from manual for command man to txt file.

First step I have command man man but what to do next?

Thanks for help.

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Pipes and head will do what you need:

man man | head -10 > file.txt

head -n where n = number of lines you want

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