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1.0 KiB
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66 lines
1.0 KiB
Plaintext
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Command: tail - print the last few lines of a file
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Syntax: tail [-c n] [-f] [-n n] [file] ...
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Flags: -c The count refers to characters
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-f On FIFO or special file, keep reading after EOF
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-n The count refers to lines
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Examples: tail -n 6 # Print last 6 lines of stdin
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tail -c 20 file # Print the last 20 characters of
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file
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tail -n 1 file1 file2 # Print last line of two files
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tail -n +8 file # Print the tail starting with line
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The last few lines of one or more files are printed. The default
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count is 10 lines. The default file is stdin. If the value of n for
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the -c or -n flags starts with a + sign, counting starts at the
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beginning, rather than the end of the file.
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