tail - Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each
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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.
Name
tail - 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.
Options
-c, --bytes
Number of bytes to print
-f, --follow
Print the file as it grows
[possiblevalues: descriptor, name]
-n, --lines
Number of lines to print
--pid=PID
With -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies
-q, --quiet
Never output headers giving file names
-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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Synopsis
tail [-c|--bytes] [-f|--follow] [-n|--lines] [--pid] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--sleep-interval]
[--max-unchanged-stats] [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero-terminated] [--use-polling] [--retry] [-F ] [-h|--help]
[-V|--version] [files]
Version
v0.0.30
tail 0.0.30 tail(1)
