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tail

Print the last lines of files.

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Syntax
$tail [options] [file]
Optionen
-f
-F
-n
-c
Examples
Examples
$tail logfile.txt
Examples
$tail -f /var/log/syslog
Examples
$tail -n 50 logfile.txt
Examples
$tail -F logfile.txt
See also
head less watch
Alternatives
head
Typical use cases
Last lines
tail -n 50 logfile.txt
Follow log
tail -f /var/log/syslog
Retry on rotate
tail -F logfile.txt
Note Use -f to follow growing log files in real time.
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