diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-which b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-which
index ea5c5b17..2b7bd768 100755
--- a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-which
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-which
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ echo
 
 case $(file --brief --mime "$cur") in
   (*text*)
-    cat "$cur"
+    head -n30 "$cur"
     ;;
   (*)
     echo $(file "$cur")