SYNOPSIS

       tail [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print  the  last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.
       With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving
       the  file  name.   With  no  FILE, or when FILE is -, read
       standard input.

       --retry
              keep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessi­
              ble  when tail starts or if it becomes inaccessible
              later -- useful only with -f

       -c, --bytes=N
              output the last N bytes

       -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]
              output appended data as the file grows; -f,  --fol­
              low, and --follow=descriptor are equivalent

       -n, --lines=N
              output the last N lines, instead of the last 10

       --max-unchanged-stats=N
              see the texinfo documentation (the default is 5)

       --max-consecutive-size-changes=N
              see the texinfo documentation (the default is 200)

       --pid=PID
              with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies

       -q, --quiet, --silent
              never output headers giving file names

       -s, --sleep-interval=S
              with -f, sleep S seconds between iterations

       -v, --verbose
              always output headers giving file names

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       If the first character of N (the number of bytes or lines)
       is a `+', print beginning with the Nth item from the start
       of  each  file,  otherwise,  print the last N items in the
       file.  N may have a multiplier suffix: b for  512,  k  for
       1024,  m for 1048576 (1 Meg).  A first OPTION of -VALUE or

AUTHOR

       Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance  Taylor,
       and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying condi­
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for tail is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.  If  the  info  and  tail  programs  are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info tail

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0         November 2001                   TAIL(1)