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<TITLE>tail(1)</TITLE>
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<H1>tail(1)</H1>
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<PRE>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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tail - print the last few lines of a file
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>tail</STRONG> [<STRONG>-c</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-f]</STRONG> <STRONG>[-n</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<EM>file</EM>] ...
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>-c</STRONG> The count refers to characters
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<STRONG>-f</STRONG> On FIFO or special file, keep reading after EOF
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<STRONG>-n</STRONG> The count refers to lines
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>tail</STRONG> <STRONG>-n</STRONG> <STRONG>6</STRONG> # Print last 6 lines of <EM>stdin</EM>
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<STRONG>tail</STRONG> <STRONG>-c</STRONG> <STRONG>20</STRONG> <STRONG>file</STRONG> # Print the last 20 characters of <EM>file</EM>
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<STRONG>tail</STRONG> <STRONG>-n</STRONG> <STRONG>1</STRONG> <STRONG>file1</STRONG> <STRONG>file2</STRONG>
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# Print last line of two files
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<STRONG>tail</STRONG> <STRONG>-n</STRONG> <STRONG>+8</STRONG> <STRONG>file</STRONG> # Print the tail starting with line 8
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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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 <EM>stdin</EM>. If the value of <EM>n</EM> for the <STRONG>-c</STRONG> or
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<STRONG>-n</STRONG> 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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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG><A HREF="../man1/head.1.html">head(1)</A></STRONG>.
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</PRE>
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