TAIL(1)TAIL(1)NAMEtail - print the last few lines of a file
SYNOPSIStail [-c n] [-f] [-n n] [file] ...
OPTIONS-c # The count refers to characters
-f # On FIFO or special file, keep reading after EOF
-n # The count refers to lines
EXAMPLEStail-n 6 # Print last 6 lines of stdin
tail-c 20 file # Print the last 20 characters of file
tail-n 1 file1 file2
# Print last line of two files
tail-n +8 file # Print the tail starting with line 8
DESCRIPTION
The last few lines of one or more files are printed. The default count
is 10 lines. The default file is stdin. If the value of n for the -c
or -n flags starts with a + sign, counting starts at the beginning,
rather than the end of the file.
SEE ALSOhead(1).
TAIL(1)