TAIL(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 User Commands\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TAIL(1)<\/p>\n
NAME<\/p>\n
tail – output the last part of files<\/p>\n
SYNOPSIS<\/p>\n
tail [OPTION]… [FILE]…<\/p>\n
DESCRIPTION<\/p>\n
Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.\u00a0 With more
\nthan one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\u00a0 With
\nno FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.<\/p>\n
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
\ntoo.<\/p>\n
-c, –bytes=K
\noutput the last K bytes; or use -c +K to output bytes starting
\nwith the Kth of each file<\/p>\n
-f, –follow[={name|descriptor}]
\noutput appended data as the file grows;<\/p>\n
an absent option argument means ‘descriptor’<\/p>\n
-F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 same as –follow=name –retry<\/p>\n
-n, –lines=K
\noutput the last K lines, instead of the last 10; or use -n +K
\nto output starting with the Kth<\/p>\n
–max-unchanged-stats=N
\nwith –follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not<\/p>\n
changed size after N (default 5) iterations to see if it has
\nbeen unlinked or renamed (this is the usual case of rotated
\nlog files); with inotify, this option is rarely useful<\/p>\n
–pid=PID
\nwith -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies<\/p>\n
-q, –quiet, –silent
\nnever output headers giving file names<\/p>\n
–retry
\nkeep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible<\/p>\n
-s, –sleep-interval=N
\nwith -f, sleep for approximately N seconds (default 1.0)
\nbetween iterations; with inotify and –pid=P, check process P
\nat least once every N seconds<\/p>\n
-v, –verbose
\nalways output headers giving file names<\/p>\n
–help display this help and exit<\/p>\n
–version
\noutput version information and exit<\/p>\n
If the first character of K (the number of bytes or lines) is a ‘+’,
\nprint beginning with the Kth item from the start of each file,
\notherwise, print the last K items in the file.\u00a0 K may have a
\nmultiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,
\nGB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.<\/p>\n
With –follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor,
\nwhich means that even if a tail’ed file is renamed, tail will
\ncontinue to track its end.\u00a0 This default behavior is not desirable
\nwhen you really want to track the actual name of the file, not the
\nfile descriptor (e.g., log rotation).\u00a0 Use –follow=name in that
\ncase.\u00a0 That causes tail to track the named file in a way that
\naccommodates renaming, removal and creation.<\/p>\n
GNU coreutils online help: <http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/coreutils\/>
\nReport tail translation bugs to <http:\/\/translationproject.org\/team\/><\/p>\n
AUTHOR<\/p>\n
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim
\nMeyering.<\/p>\n
COPYRIGHT<\/p>\n
Copyright \u00a9 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\u00a0 License GPLv3+: GNU
\nGPL version 3 or later <http:\/\/gnu.org\/licenses\/gpl.html>.
\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
\nThere is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.<\/p>\n
SEE ALSO<\/p>\n
The full documentation for tail is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
\nIf the info and tail programs are properly installed at your site,
\nthe command<\/p>\n
info coreutils ‘tail invocation’<\/p>\n
should give you access to the complete manual.<\/p>\n
COLOPHON<\/p>\n
This page is part of the coreutils (basic file, shell and text
\nmanipulation utilities) project.\u00a0 Information about the project can
\nbe found at \u27e8http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/coreutils\/\u27e9.\u00a0 If you have a
\nbug report for this manual page, see
\n\u27e8http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/software\/coreutils\/\u27e9.\u00a0 This page was obtained from
\nthe tarball coreutils-8.23.tar.xz fetched from
\n\u27e8http:\/\/www.gnutls.org\/download.html\u27e9 on 2014-12-30.\u00a0 If you discover
\nany rendering problems in this HTML version of the page, or you
\nbelieve there is a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or
\nyou have corrections or improvements to the information in this
\nCOLOPHON (which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail
\nto\u00a0man-pages@man7.org<\/p>\n
GNU coreutils 8.23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 December 2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TAIL(1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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