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NAME
   tail - print last lines of a file

SYNOPSIS
   tail [-n] [file] ...

DESCRIPTION
   Tail  prints  the last "n" lines of the indicated file. If 'n'
   is omitted, the last 23 lines are printed.
   
   If "file" is omitted or is "-", tail reads the standard input.

SEE ALSO
   split

AUTHORS
   David Hanson and friends (U. of Arizona)

BUGS/DEFICIENCIES
   An internal buffer of MAXBUF characters is kept. If the  value
   of "n" would require buffering more characters than the buffer
   can  hold, tail prints the last MAXBUF characters of the file.
   In this case, the first line of output may not  be  an  entire
   line.  MAXBUF  is a definition in the source code which may be
   adjusted.



























