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.TH TAIL 1 sbase\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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tail \- display final lines of files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B tail
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.RB [ \-n
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.IR lines ]
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.RI [ file ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B tail
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writes the last 10 lines of the file to stdout. If no file is given, tail reads
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from stdin.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-n " lines"
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outputs the given number of lines. If
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.I lines
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begins with '+' it is used as an offset from the beginning of the file.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR head (1)
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