what does tail + number does? What about head

what does tail + number does? What about head I just called this command ls -l \| tail +3. Firstly, ls -s, produces 3 lines, adding piping strips first line and then prints each file names on a separate line. How does it do that? It doesn't make sense.
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Firstly, ls -s, produces 3 lines, adding piping strips first line and then prints each file names on a separate line. How does it do that? It doesn't make sense.

The answer is that the ls commands looks at its standard output and checks whether it is connected to a tty. If it is, then it formats for display purposes. If it is not (for example, the output is a file or pipe), then it prints one entry per line.

The option '-C' forces multi-column output (as if going to a terminal).
The option '-1' forces single-column output (as if going to a pipe)."