tail(1)tail(1)Nametail - print lines from file
Syntaxtail [ ±[number][lbcr] ] [ file ]
tail [ ±[number][lbcf] ] [ file ]
Description
The command 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 +number from the beginning, or -number from
the end of the input. The number is counted in units of lines, blocks
or characters, according to the appended option l, b or c. When no
units are specified, counting is by lines.
Specifying r causes to print lines from the end of the file in reverse
order. The default for r is to print the entire file this way. Speci‐
fying f causes not to quit at end of file , but rather to reread the
file repeatedly.
Restrictions
The results of the command are unpredictable with character special
files.
See Alsodd(1)tail(1)