TAIL(1)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 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  spe-
           cial files.

























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