v7 man page for tail

TAIL(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   TAIL(1)

NAME
       tail - deliver the last part of a file

SYNOPSIS
       tail _number[___] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       Tail 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.  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.

SEE ALSO
       dd(1)

BUGS
       Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a buffer, and thus are limited in length.  Various kinds  of  anomalous  behavior
       may happen with character special files.

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