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NAME
tail - deliver the last part of a file
SYNOPSIS
tail
+_number[lbc___]
[ 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.
Index
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