.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.