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[%CFEngine_function_prototype(data, max)%]
Description: Returns the first max bytes of data.
If max is negative, then everything but the last max bytes is returned.
[%CFEngine_function_attributes(data, max)%]
Example:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(string_head.cf, #+begin_src cfengine3, .*end_src)%]
Output:
[%CFEngine_include_snippet(string_head.cf, #+begin_src\s+example_output\s*, .*end_src)%]
History: Introduced in CFEngine 3.6
See also: string_tail(), string_length(), string_reverse().