.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