minix man page for tail

TAIL(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   TAIL(1)

NAME
       tail - print the last few lines of a file

SYNOPSIS
       tail [-c n] [-f] [-n n] [file] ...

OPTIONS
       -c     The count refers to characters

       -f     On FIFO or special file, keep reading after EOF

       -n     The count refers to lines

EXAMPLES
       tail -n 6	   # Print last 6 lines of stdin

       tail -c 20 file	   # Print the last 20 characters of file

       tail -n 1 file1 file2
			   # Print last line of two files

       tail -n +8 file	   # Print the tail starting with line 8

DESCRIPTION
       The last few lines of one or more files are printed.  The default count is 10 lines.  The default file is stdin.  If the value of n for the
       -c or -n flags starts with a + sign, counting starts at the beginning, rather than the end of the file.

SEE ALSO
       head(1).

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