# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/tail.0

    TAIL(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  TAIL(1)

    NAME
         tail - deliver the last part of a file

    SYNOPSIS
         tail +number[lbc][rf] [ file ]

    DESCRIPTION
         Tail copies the named file to the standard output beginning
         at a designated place.  If no file is named, the standard
         input is used.

         Copying begins at distance +number from the beginning, or
         -number from the end of the input.  Number is counted in
         units of lines, blocks or characters, according to the
         appended option l, b or c. When no units are specified,
         counting is by lines.

         Specifying r causes tail to print lines from the end of the
         file in reverse order.  The default for r is to print the
         entire file this way.  Specifying f causes tail to not quit
         at end of file, but rather wait and try to read repeatedly
         in hopes that the file will grow.

    SEE ALSO
         dd(1)

    BUGS
         Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a
         buffer, and thus are limited in length.

         Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen with charac-
         ter special files.

    Printed 11/26/99	  March 6, 1986                         1

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