ultrix man page for tail

Query: tail

OS: ultrix

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tail(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   tail(1)

Name
       tail - print lines from file

Syntax
       tail [ +-[number][lbcr] ] [ file ]

       tail [ +-[number][lbcf] ] [ file ]

Description
       The command copies the named file to the standard output beginning at a designated place.  If no file is named, the standard input is used.

       Copying	begins	at  distance  +number  from the beginning, or -number from the end of the input.  The number is counted in units of lines,
       blocks or characters, according to the appended option l, b or c.  When no units are specified, counting is by lines.

       Specifying r causes to print lines from the end of the file in reverse order.  The default for r is to print  the  entire  file	this  way.
       Specifying f causes not to quit at end of file , but rather to reread the file repeatedly.

Restrictions
       The results of the command are unpredictable with character special files.

See Also
       dd(1)

																	   tail(1)
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