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- TAIL USER COMMANDS TAIL
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- NAME
- tail - display the last part of a file
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- SYNOPSIS
- tail +|-number [ filename ...]
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- DESCRIPTION
- tail copies filename to the standard output beginning at a
- designated place. If no file is named, the standard input
- is used.
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- OPTIONS
- +number
- Begin copying at number lines from the beginning of the
- file. If number is not specified, the value 10 is used.
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- -number
- Begin copying at number lines from the end of the file.
- If number is not specified, the value 10 is used.
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- SEE ALSO
- head
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- BUGS
- Data for a tail relative to the end of the file is stored in
- a buffer, and thus is limited to available memory.
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