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tail -- Command Print the end of a file tail [+n[bcfl]] [file] tail [-n[bcfl]] [file] tail copies the last part of file, or of the standard input if none is named, to the standard output. The given number tells tail where to begin to copy the data. Numbers of the form +number measure the starting point from the beginning of the file; those of the form -number measure from the end of the file. A specifier of blocks, characters, or lines (b, c, or l, respectively) may follow the number; the default is lines. If no number is specified, a default of -10 is assumed. The -f option opens the tail of a file, and then displays new material as it is added to a file. This command lets you watch a file as it is being built, such as by nroff. Note that when tail is invoked with this option, it does not exit; therefore, when you wish to exit, type the interrupt character (usually <ctrl-C>). See Also commands, dd, egrep, head, sed Notes Because tail buffers data measured from the end of the file, large counts may not work.