tail - tail

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

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NAME

tail − tail

SYNOPSIS

tail [FLAG]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too.

Arguments:

[files]...

OPTIONS

−c, −−bytes <bytes>

Number of bytes to print

−f, −−follow[=<follow>]

Print the file as it grows [possible values: descriptor, name]

−n, −−lines <lines>

Number of lines to print

−−pid <PID>

With −f, terminate after process ID, PID dies

−q, −−quiet

Never output headers giving file names [aliases: −−silent]

−s, −−sleep−interval <N>

Number of seconds to sleep between polling the file when running with −f

−−max−unchanged−stats <N>

Reopen a FILE which has not changed size after N (default 5) iterations to see if it has been unlinked or renamed (this is the usual case of rotated log files); This option is meaningful only when polling (i.e., with −−use−polling) and when −−follow=name

−v, −−verbose

Always output headers giving file names

−z, −−zero−terminated

Line delimiter is NUL, not newline

−−use−polling

Disable ’inotify’ support and use polling instead

−−retry

Keep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible

−F

Same as −−follow=name −−retry

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version

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