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.TH TAIL 1
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.SH NAME
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tail \- deliver the last part of a file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B tail
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[
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.BR +- \fInumber\fP[ lbc ][ rf ]
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]
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[
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.I file
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]
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.PP
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.B tail
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[
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.B -fr
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]
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[
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.B -n
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.I nlines
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]
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[
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.B -c
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.I nbytes
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]
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[
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.I file
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Tail
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copies the named file to the standard output beginning
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at a designated place.
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If no file is named, the standard input is copied.
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.PP
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Copying begins at position
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.BI + number
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measured from the beginning, or
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.BI - number
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from the end of the input.
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.I Number
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is counted in lines, 1K blocks or bytes,
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according to the appended flag
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.LR l ,
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.LR b ,
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or
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.LR c .
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Default is
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.B -10l
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(ten ell).
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.PP
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The further flag
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.L r
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causes tail to print lines from the end of the file in reverse order;
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.L f
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(follow) causes
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.IR tail ,
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after printing to the end, to keep watch and
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print further data as it appears.
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.PP
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The second syntax is that promulgated by POSIX, where
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the
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.I numbers
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rather than the options are signed.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP
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.B tail file
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Print the last 10 lines of a file.
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.TP
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.B tail +0f file
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Print a file, and continue to watch
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data accumulate as it grows.
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.TP
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.B sed 10q file
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Print the first 10 lines of a file.
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /sys/src/cmd/tail.c
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.SH BUGS
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Tails relative to the end of the file
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are treasured up in a buffer, and thus
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are limited in length.
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.PP
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According to custom, option
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.BI + number
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counts lines from 1, and counts
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blocks and bytes from 0.
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.PP
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.I Tail
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is ignorant of UTF.