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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
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
tail --help
Note Displays the last lines of files.
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