tail(1) General Commands Manual tail(1) 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. SYNOPSIS tail [-c|--bytes] [-f|--follow] [-n|--lines] [--pid] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--sleep-interval] [--max-unchanged-stats] [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero-terminated] [--use-polling] [--retry] [-F ] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files] 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. Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too. OPTIONS -c, --bytes Number of bytes to print -f, --follow Print the file as it grows [possible values: descriptor, name] -n, --lines Number of lines to print --pid=PID With -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies -q, --quiet Never output headers giving file names -s, --sleep-interval=N Number of seconds to sleep between polling the file when running with -f --max-unchanged-stats=N 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 -v, --verbose Always output headers giving file names -z, --zero-terminated Line delimiter is NUL, not newline --use-polling Disable 'inotify' support and use polling instead --retry Keep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible -F Same as --follow=name --retry -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version [files] VERSION v0.0.26 tail 0.0.26 tail(1)