tail Flashcards
1
Q
tail
A
Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.
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2
Q
tail
- c
- f
- F
- n
- q
- s
A
- c, –bytes=[+]NUM, Output the last NUM bytes; or use -c +NUM to output starting with byte NUM of each file.
- f, –follow[={name|descriptor}], Output appended data as the file grows; an absent option means ‘descriptor’
- F, Same as –follow=name –retry
- n, –lines=[+-]NUM, Output the last NUM lines, instead of last 10; use -n +NUM to output starting with line NUM.
- q, –quiet, –silent, Never output headers giving file names.
- s, –sleep-interval=N, With -f, sleep for approximately N seconds between iterations.