Tail (Unix Command)

Wikipedia on tail

"Tail is a program on Unix and Unix-like systems used to display the last few lines of a text file or piped data."

Syntax

Generic

tail [options] <file_name>

Most Commonly

tail -NumLinesToDisplay <file_name>

Use

Tail is useful for showing the bottom n lines of a file. Combining it with head enables us to show any n lines of a file.