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| 1 | .TH TAIL 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | tail \- print the last few lines of a file
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBtail\fR [\fB\-c \fIn\fR] [\fB\-f] [\fB\-n \fIn\fR] [\fIfile\fR] ...\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | .de FL
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| 8 | .TP
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| 9 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 10 | \\$2
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| 11 | ..
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| 12 | .de EX
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| 13 | .TP 20
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| 14 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 15 | # \\$2
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| 16 | ..
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| 17 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 18 | .FL "\-c" "The count refers to characters"
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| 19 | .FL "\-f" "On FIFO or special file, keep reading after EOF"
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| 20 | .FL "\-n" "The count refers to lines"
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| 21 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 22 | .EX "tail \-n 6" "Print last 6 lines of \fIstdin\fR"
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| 23 | .EX "tail \-c 20 file" "Print the last 20 characters of \fIfile\fR"
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| 24 | .EX "tail \-n 1 file1 file2" "Print last line of two files"
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| 25 | .EX "tail \-n +8 file" "Print the tail starting with line 8"
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| 26 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 27 | .PP
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| 28 | The last few lines of one or more files are printed.
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| 29 | The default count is 10 lines.
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| 30 | The default file is \fIstdin\fR.
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| 31 | If the value of \fIn\fR for the \fB\-c\fR or \fB\-n\fR flags starts with
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| 32 | a + sign, counting starts at the beginning, rather than the end of the file.
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| 33 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 34 | .BR head (1).
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