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TAIL(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  TAIL(1)



[1mNAME
     [0mtail - deliver the last part of a file

[1mSYNOPSIS
     tail [0m+_number[l_b_c_][r_f_] [ file ]

[1mDESCRIPTION
     [0m_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.

     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 [1ml, b [0mor [1mc. [0mWhen no units are specified,
     counting is by lines.

     Specifying [1mr [0mcauses tail to print lines from the end of the
     file in reverse order.  The default for [1mr [0mis to print the
     entire file this way.  Specifying [1mf [0mcauses _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.

[1mSEE ALSO
     [0mdd(1)

[1mBUGS
     [0mTails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a
     buffer, and thus are limited in length.  If the last line of
     the file is incomplete (if it has no newline character at
     the end) tail will not count that line.

     Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen with charac-
     ter special files.





















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