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.th TAIL I 5/31/77
.sh NAME
tail \*- deliver the last part of a file
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd tail
.if t [ \(+-number[\fBlbc\fR] ]
.if n +_number[lbc___]
[ file ]
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Tail
copies the named file to the standard output beginning
at a designated place.
If no file is named, the standard input is used.
.s3
Copying begins at distance
.it +number
from the beginning, or
.it \*-number
from the end of the input.
.it Number
is counted in units of lines, blocks or characters,
according to the appended option
.bd l,
.bd b
or
.bd c.
When no units are specified, counting is by lines.
.sh "SEE ALSO"
dd(I)
.sh BUGS
Tails relative to the end of the file
are treasured up in a buffer, and thus 
are limited in length.
Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen
with character special files.