tldr/pages/common/tail.md

tail

Display the last part of a file

• show last 'num' lines in file

tail -n {{num}} {{file}}

• show all file since line 'num'

tail -n +{{num}} {{file}}

• show last 'num' bytes in file

tail -c {{num}} {{file}}

• keep reading file until ctrl-c

tail -f {{file}}