06-18-2001
It's good to pick up these sorts of shortcuts to save a lot of time when in a hurry or under pressure - the little things like knowing a flag here and there often make the difference between finding a vital piece of information that can lead to solving a problem.
As with most general issues there are many ways to do things in UNIX - you could have piped tail into the more command to achieve the same effect, variety is the spice of of life!
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