TAIL(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual TAIL(1)
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
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,
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.
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\bSE
\bEE
\bE A
\bAL
\bLS
\bSO
\bO
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-
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