What Does Tail Command Do in Linux?
Contents the Tail Command Displays the Last Part (10 Lines by Default) of One or More Files or Piped Data. It Can Be Also Used to Monitor the File Changes in...
The tail command displays the last part (10 lines by default) of one or more files or piped data. It can be also used to monitor the file changes in real time.
What does tail do in Linux?
The tail command, as the name implies, print the last N number of data of the given input. By default it prints the last 10 lines of the specified files. If more than one file name is provided then data from each file is precedes by its file name.
How do you use the tail command?
How to Use the Tail Command
- Enter the tail command, followed by the file you’d like to view: tail /var/log/auth.log. …
- To change the number of lines displayed, use the -n option: tail -n 50 /var/log/auth.log. …
- To show a real-time, streaming output of a changing file, use the -f or –follow options: tail -f /var/log/auth.log.
10 апр. 2017 г.
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