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Compiled tree of Oasis Linux based on own branch at <https://hacktivis.me/git/oasis/> git clone https://anongit.hacktivis.me/git/oasis-root.git

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  1. .Dd 2015-10-08
  2. .Dt TAIL 1
  3. .Os sbase
  4. .Sh NAME
  5. .Nm tail
  6. .Nd display final lines of files
  7. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  8. .Nm
  9. .Op Fl f
  10. .Op Fl c Ar num | Fl m Ar num | Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
  11. .Op Ar file ...
  12. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  13. .Nm
  14. writes the last 10 lines of each
  15. .Ar file
  16. to stdout.
  17. If no
  18. .Ar file
  19. is given,
  20. .Nm
  21. reads from stdin.
  22. .Sh OPTIONS
  23. .Bl -tag -width Ds
  24. .It Fl c Ar num | Fl m Ar num | Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
  25. Display final
  26. .Ar num
  27. bytes | characters | lines | lines.
  28. If
  29. .Ar num
  30. begins with '+'
  31. it is an offset from the beginning of each
  32. .Ar file .
  33. If
  34. .Ar num
  35. begins with '-' it is as if no sign was given.
  36. The default is 10 lines.
  37. .It Fl f
  38. If one
  39. .Ar file
  40. is specified, append lines to output as
  41. .Ar file
  42. grows.
  43. .El
  44. .Sh SEE ALSO
  45. .Xr head 1
  46. .Sh STANDARDS
  47. The
  48. .Nm
  49. utility is compliant with the
  50. .St -p1003.1-2013
  51. specification.
  52. .Pp
  53. The
  54. .Op Fl Ns Ar num
  55. syntax is an extension to that specification.