tail
Display the last part of a file.
See also: head
.
More information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1.
- Show last 'count' lines in file:
tail -n {{count}} {{path/to/file}}
- Print a file from a specific line number:
tail -n +{{count}} {{path/to/file}}
- Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file:
tail -c {{count}} {{path/to/file}}
- Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until
Ctrl + C
:tail -f {{path/to/file}}
- Keep reading file until
Ctrl + C
, even if the file is inaccessible:tail -F {{path/to/file}}
- Show last 'count' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'seconds' seconds:
tail -n {{count}} -s {{seconds}} -f {{path/to/file}}
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