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.Dd January 30, 2015
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tail
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.Nd display final lines of files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl n Ar lines
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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writes the last 10 lines of the file to stdout. If no
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.Ar file
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is given,
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.Nm
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reads from stdin.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl n Ar lines
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outputs the given number of lines. If
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.Ar lines
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begins with '+' it is used as an offset from the beginning of the file.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr head 1
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