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