DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/osx/tail.md

tail

Display the last part of a file. See also: head. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/tail.1.html.

• Show last 8 lines in file:

tail -n 8 {{path/to/file}}

• Print a file from a specific line number:

tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}}

• Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file:

tail -c {{8}} {{path/to/file}}

• Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading it until <Ctrl c>:

tail -f {{path/to/file}}

• Keep reading file until <Ctrl c>, even if the file is inaccessible:

tail -F {{path/to/file}}

• Show last count lines in a file and refresh every seconds seconds:

tail -n {{count}} -s {{seconds}} -f {{path/to/file}}