Name
tail — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
tail [options
] [files
]
The tail
command prints the
last 10 lines of a file, and does other tricks as well.
$ tail myfile
The ultra-useful -f
option
causes tail
to watch a file
actively while another program is writing to it, displaying new
lines as they are written to the file. This is invaluable for
watching log files in active use:
$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Useful options
|
Print the last
|
|
Print the last
|
|
Print all lines
except the first
|
|
Print the last
|
|
Keep the file open,
and whenever lines are appended to the file, print them.
This is extremely useful. Add the |
|
Quiet mode: when
processing more than one file, don’t print a banner above
each file. Normally |
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