One Day One Command :-
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tail - Output the last part of files.
Summary :
Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to stdout.
With more than one FILE, precede each with a header
giving the file name.
Examples :
$ tail midas.txt -- Show only the last 10 Lines.
$ tail f1 f2 -- Show the last 10 lines of 2 files
with small header.
$ tail -vn 5 myfile -- Show only last 5 Lines with
header.
$ tail -c 12 myfile -- Show only last 12 Bytes.
$ tail -q myfile -- Don't show headers.
$ tail --retry myfile -- Keep retrying to open myfile.
$ tail -f maillog -- Output appended data as the file
grows. Useful to monitor logs.
$ tail -f -s 10 maillog -- Once in every 10s update the
output.
$ tail -f --pid=200 myfile -- Terminate tail after PID
(200) dies.
Read : man tail
Bye :)
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Bharathi S