Keeping first 5 observations per firm id number

[Rohan Kapoor]

Hi,

I have a dataset with multiple observations per variable. However, I want to keep the first 5 observations per variable.
Does anybody knows a command for this?

Regards,

Rohan Kapoor

[Scott Merryman]

by id: keep if _n < 6

[Rohan Kapoor]

Tnx Scott