$title = "Displaying the last part of a file - tail"; $area = "Unix Support"; $metadata = "unix, commands, file, display, list, last, tail"; $pfloc = ""; require '/usr/local/wwwdocs/ucs/fragments/header.phtml'; require '/usr/local/wwwdocs/ucs/fragments/header-bc.phtml'; ?>
To display the last 10 lines of a text file use the command:
tail filename
To display the last 10 lines of a text file:
tail fred
This displays the last 10 lines of the file fred which is in the current directory.
To display the last 50 characters in a file:
tail -50c help.txt
This displays the last 50 characters in the file help.txt which is in the current directory.
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