.Dd February 9, 2015 .Dt TAIL 1 .Os sbase .Sh NAME .Nm tail .Nd display final lines of files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f .Op Fl n Ar num .Op Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm writes the last 10 lines of each .Ar file to stdout. If no .Ar file is given, .Nm reads from stdin. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl f If one .Ar file is specified, append lines to output as .Ar file grows. .It Fl n Ar lines Display .Ar num lines. If .Ar num begins with '+' it is used as an offset from the beginning of each .Ar file . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr head 1