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TAIL(1)								       TAIL(1)

NAME
       tail - deliver the last part of a file

SYNOPSIS
       tail +number[lbc][rf] [ 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.

       Specifying  r  causes  tail  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  tail to not quit at end of file, but rather wait
       and try to read repeatedly in hopes that the file will grow.

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.

4th Berkeley Distribution	 March 6, 1986			       TAIL(1)

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