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Bash Tail
tail
is a program to display the tail end of a text file. If no option is given, tail shows the last 10 lines of a given file.
Usage
tail [options] [file_names]
Commonly used options:
-f
- Display the last lines and then monitor the file. If new lines are added to the file, tail updates the display.-F
- Same as-f
but if the file/log is rolled it will continue with the new file/log.-c NUM
- display the lastNUM
bytes of the file.-n NUM
- display the lastNUM
lines, instead of the last 10
Examples
View the last several lines from file log.txt
tail log.txt
View the last 15 lines from file log.txt
tail -n 15 log.txt
Show only the last line from file log.txt
tail -n1 log.txt
Show live changes from file log.txt
tail -f log.txt
More Information
- Run
man tail
for more information on the tail command as well as a complete list of options. - Wikipedia