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TAIL(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  TAIL(1)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     tail - deliver the last part of a file

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     t\bta\bai\bil\bl [+\b+-\b-]n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br[l\blb\bbc\bc][r\brf\bf] [f\bfi\bil\ble\be]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     _\bT_\ba_\bi_\bl copies the named file to the standard output beginning
     at a designated place.  If no file is named, the standard
     input is used.

     Copying begins at distance +_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br from the beginning, or
     -_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br from the end of the input.  _\bN_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br is counted in
     units of lines, blocks or characters, according to the
     appended option l\bl,\b, b\bb or c\bc.\b. When no units are specified,
     counting is by lines.

     Specifying r\br causes tail to print lines from the end of the
     file in reverse order.  The default for r\br is to print the
     entire file this way.  Specifying f\bf causes _\bt_\ba_\bi_\bl to not quit
     at end of file, but rather wait and try to read repeatedly
     in hopes that the file will grow.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     dd(1)

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a
     buffer, and thus are limited in length.

     Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen with charac-
     ter special files.


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	8	N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
	9	tail - deliver the last part of a file
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	11	S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
	12	t\bta\bai\bil\bl [+\b+-\b-]n\bnu\bum\bmb\bbe\ber\br[l\blb\bbc\bc][r\brf\bf] [f\bfi\bil\ble\be]
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	14	D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
	15	_\bT_\ba_\bi_\bl copies the named file to the standard output beginning
	16	at a designated place. If no file is named, the standard
	17	input is used.
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	19	Copying begins at distance +_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br from the beginning, or
	20	-_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br from the end of the input. _\bN_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br is counted in
	21	units of lines, blocks or characters, according to the
	22	appended option l\bl,\b, b\bb or c\bc.\b. When no units are specified,
	23	counting is by lines.
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	25	Specifying r\br causes tail to print lines from the end of the
	26	file in reverse order. The default for r\br is to print the
	27	entire file this way. Specifying f\bf causes _\bt_\ba_\bi_\bl to not quit
	28	at end of file, but rather wait and try to read repeatedly
	29	in hopes that the file will grow.
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	31	S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
	32	dd(1)
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	34	B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
	35	Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a
	36	buffer, and thus are limited in length.
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	38	Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen with charac-
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