TAIL(1) TAIL(1) tail - output the last part of files tail []... []... 10 . , . , -, . . -c, --bytes=[+] ; -c + --debug indicate which --follow implementation is used -f, --follow[={|}] output appended data as the file grows; an absent option argument means 'descriptor' -F --follow= --retry -n, --lines=[+] output the last NUM lines, instead of the last 10; or use -n +NUM to skip NUM-1 lines at the start --max-unchanged-stats=N with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not changed size after N (default 5) iterations to see if it has been unlinked or renamed (this is the usual case of rotated log files); with inotify, this option is rarely useful --pid= with -f, exit after PID no longer exists; can be repeated to watch multiple processes -q, --quiet, --silent --retry -s, --sleep-interval=N f, N ( 1.0) ; ,,inotify" --pid=P, ,,P" N -v, --verbose -z, --zero-terminated , --help --version : b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, T, P, E, Z, Y, R, Q. , : KiB=K, MiB=M, . --follow (-f), tail , tail- , tail . , (., ). --follow= . tail , . , , . : bug-coreutils@gnu.org coreutils : : Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3+: 3 . : . , . head(1) ,,info '(coreutils) tail invocation'" ; 3 . . , - TODO <>. coreutils 9.11 2026 TAIL(1)