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- NNAAMMEE
- tail - deliver the last part of a file
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- ttaaiill [++--]nnuummbbeerr[llbbcc][rrff] [ffiillee]
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- _T_a_i_l copies the named file to the standard output beginning
- at a designated place. If no file is named, the standard
- input is used.
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- Copying begins at distance +_n_u_m_b_e_r from the beginning, or
- -_n_u_m_b_e_r from the end of the input. _N_u_m_b_e_r is counted in
- units of lines, blocks or characters, according to the
- appended option ll,, bb or cc.. When no units are specified,
- counting is by lines.
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- Specifying rr causes tail to print lines from the end of the
- file in reverse order. The default for rr is to print the
- entire file this way. Specifying ff causes _t_a_i_l 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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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- dd(1)
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- BBUUGGSS
- Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a
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- Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen with charac-
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