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tail

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Display the last part of a file. See also: `head`.

Options (6)

-5boolean

Show last 5 lines in file

Example: tail {{[-5|--lines 5]}} {{path/to/file}}

-n, --linesboolean

Print a file from a specific line number

Example: tail {{[-n|--lines]}} +{{count}} {{path/to/file}}

-c, --bytesboolean

Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file

Example: tail {{[-c|--bytes]}} {{count}} {{path/to/file}}

-f, --followboolean

Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading it until `<Ctrl c>`

Example: tail {{[-f|--follow]}} {{path/to/file}}

-Fboolean

Keep reading file until `<Ctrl c>`, even if the file is inaccessible

Example: tail {{[-F|--retry --follow]}} {{path/to/file}}

-s, --sleep-intervalboolean

Show last `count` lines in a file and refresh every `seconds` seconds

Example: tail {{[-n|--lines]}} {{count}} {{[-s|--sleep-interval]}} {{seconds}} {{[-f|--follow]}} {{path/to/file}}

Show last 10 lines in a file

tail path/to/file

Show last 10 lines of multiple files

tail path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

Show last 5 lines in file

tail [-5|--lines 5] path/to/file

Print a file from a specific line number

tail [-n|--lines] +count path/to/file

Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file

tail [-c|--bytes] count path/to/file

Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading it until `<Ctrl c>`

tail [-f|--follow] path/to/file

Keep reading file until `<Ctrl c>`, even if the file is inaccessible

tail [-F|--retry --follow] path/to/file

Show last `count` lines in a file and refresh every `seconds` seconds

tail [-n|--lines] count [-s|--sleep-interval] seconds [-f|--follow] path/to/file