.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .TH tail 1 "tail 0.0.26" .SH NAME tail \- Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too. .SH SYNOPSIS \fBtail\fR [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-bytes\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-follow\fR] [\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-lines\fR] [\fB\-\-pid\fR] [\fB\-q\fR|\fB\-\-quiet\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-sleep\-interval\fR] [\fB\-\-max\-unchanged\-stats\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR] [\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR] [\fB\-\-use\-polling\fR] [\fB\-\-retry\fR] [\fB\-F \fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIfiles\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input. .PP Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR Number of bytes to print .TP \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-follow\fR Print the file as it grows .br .br [\fIpossible values: \fRdescriptor, name] .TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR Number of lines to print .TP \fB\-\-pid\fR=\fIPID\fR With \-f, terminate after process ID, PID dies .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR Never output headers giving file names .TP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sleep\-interval\fR=\fIN\fR Number of seconds to sleep between polling the file when running with \-f .TP \fB\-\-max\-unchanged\-stats\fR=\fIN\fR 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); This option is meaningful only when polling (i.e., with \-\-use\-polling) and when \-\-follow=name .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR Always output headers giving file names .TP \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR Line delimiter is NUL, not newline .TP \fB\-\-use\-polling\fR Disable \*(Aqinotify\*(Aq support and use polling instead .TP \fB\-\-retry\fR Keep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible .TP \fB\-F\fR Same as \-\-follow=name \-\-retry .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Print help .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Print version .TP [\fIfiles\fR] .SH VERSION v0.0.26