60 lines
1.0 KiB
Groff
60 lines
1.0 KiB
Groff
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TAIL(1) Minix Programmer's Manual TAIL(1)
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NAME
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tail - print the last few lines of a file
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SYNOPSIS
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tail [-c n] [-f] [-n n] [file] ...
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OPTIONS
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-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
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tail -n 6 # Print last 6 lines of stdin
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tail -c 20 file # Print the last 20 characters of file
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tail -n 1 file1 file2
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# Print last line of two files
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tail -n +8 file # Print the tail starting with line 8
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DESCRIPTION
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The last few lines of one or more files are printed. The default count
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is 10 lines. The default file is stdin. If the value of n for the -c or
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-n flags starts with a + sign, counting starts at the beginning, rather
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than the end of the file.
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SEE ALSO
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head(1).
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