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