tail Command Examples
Display the last part of a file. See also:
head
. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/tail-invocation.html.
- Show last 'count' lines in file:
tail {{[-n|--lines]}} {{count}} {{path/to/file}}
- Print a file from a specific line number:
tail {{[-n|--lines]}} +{{count}} {{path/to/file}}
- Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file:
tail {{[-c|--bytes]}} {{count}} {{path/to/file}}
- Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading it until
<Ctrl c>
:
tail {{[-f|--follow]}} {{path/to/file}}
- Keep reading file until
<Ctrl c>
, even if the file is inaccessible:
tail --retry {{[-f|--follow]}} {{path/to/file}}
- Show last 'num' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'n' seconds:
tail {{[-n|--lines]}} {{count}} {{[-s|--sleep-interval]}} {{seconds}} {{[-f|--follow]}} {{path/to/file}}