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Old 05-21-2009
Listing contents

Hello guys,

I am having a requirement,

I am having three file m1,m2,m3 having some contents. I want to list last 20 lines of m1,m2 and m3 all together on the terminal.

I used tail -20 m1 m2 m3,

but it is showing error,

tail: option used in invalid context -- 2

Can u help me guys... Really appreciate ur help..

Mahesh..
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Old 05-21-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by mraghunandanan
I used tail -20 m1 m2 m3
Adding a parameter might prove helpful Smilie

Code:
tail -n 20 m1 m2 m3

(man tail)
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Old 05-21-2009
Thanks a lot Dr.House...

You are superb...
 
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