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tail

Display end of files

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Verified: 2026-03-04

Syntax

$tail [options] [file]

Optionen

-f

-F

-n

-c

Examples

$tail logfile.txt

$tail -f /var/log/syslog

$tail -n 50 logfile.txt

$tail -F logfile.txt

See also

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Typical use cases

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Standard usage

tail --help

Note Displays the last lines of files.

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