Tail (Unix Command)
"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.
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