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Reg: execution of tail statement in PUTTY

We are using PUTTY to connect to Remote Unix Server. When I run the following shell script statement, I do not get the desired output.
tail -num test.txt > test.out
here "num" is any number for example say as 2000.
What happens is..test.out contains around 400 rows only out of 2000. It truncates remaining data.
It happens only when I connect to a particular Unix server, on which we need work.
If I run the same statement by connecting to other unix server, it works fine.

Can anybody tell me ..is this a privilege problem or something else?

Actually, this tail statement is part of some shell script file and because of that particular statement, we are not getting the desired output.
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MOTD.TAIL(5)						   Debian Administrator's Manual					      MOTD.TAIL(5)

NAME
motd.tail - Template for building the system message of the day DESCRIPTION
On Debian systems, the system message of the day is rebuilt at each startup, in order to display an accurate information. /etc/motd.tail is the file to edit permanent changes to the message of the day. OVERVIEW
The initiation script /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh prepends a line containing information about the system to /etc/motd.tail and stores the resulting file in /var/run/motd. /etc/motd is a symbolic link to /var/run/motd. This is done to prevent changes to /etc as the system can not assume /etc to be writable. Changes to /etc/motd effectively end up in a file under /var/run which will be regenerated upon reboot. A symbolic link to a different file, such as /etc/motd.static disables this behaviour. FILES
/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh The initiation script which builds /var/run/motd /etc/motd Symbolic link to the system message of the day at /var/run/motd /etc/motd.tail Template for building the system message of the day /var/run/motd System message of the day file rebuilt at each computer start SEE ALSO
login(1), issue(5), motd(5). Debian 2007-04-28 MOTD.TAIL(5)