Manual: tail

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NAME
       tail  - Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.	 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header
       giving the file name.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.  Mandatory arguments to long  flags	 are
       mandatory for short flags too.

SYNOPSIS
       tail  [-c|--bytes]  [-f|--follow]  [-n|--lines]	[--pid]	 [-q|--quiet]  [-s|--sleep-interval] [--max-unchanged-stats]
       [-v|--verbose] [-z|--zero-terminated] [--use-polling] [--retry] [-F ] [--debug] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION
       Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.	 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header  giving
       the  file  name.	 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.	Mandatory arguments to long flags are manda‐
       tory for short flags too.

OPTIONS
       -c, --bytes
	      Number of bytes to print

       -f, --follow
	      Print the file as it grows

	      Possible values:

		     • descriptor

		     • name

       -n, --lines
	      Number of lines to print

       --pid 
	      With -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies

       -q, --quiet
	      Never output headers giving file names

       -s, --sleep-interval 
	      Number of seconds to sleep between polling the file when running with -f

       --max-unchanged-stats 
	      Reopen a FILE which has not changed size after N (default 5) iterations to see if it has been unlinked or	 re‐
	      named  (this  is the usual case of rotated log files); This option is meaningful only when polling (i.e., with
	      --use-polling) and when --follow=name

       -v, --verbose
	      Always output headers giving file names

       -z, --zero-terminated
	      Line delimiter is NUL, not newline

       --use-polling
	      Disable 'inotify' support and use polling instead

       --retry
	      Keep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible

       -F     Same as --follow=name --retry

       --debug
	      indicate which --follow implementation is used

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [files]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						     TAIL(1)