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                      3: tail                         Command                         tail
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                      8: Print the end of a file
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                     10: ttaaiill [+_n[bbccffll]] [_f_i_l_e]
                     11: ttaaiill [-_n[bbccffll]] [_f_i_l_e]
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                     13: tail copies  the last part of  file, or of the  standard input if
                     14: none is named, to the standard output.
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                     16: The  given number  tells tail  where to begin  to copy  the data.
                     17: Numbers of  the form +number measure the  starting point from the
                     18: beginning of the file; those of the form -number measure from the
                     19: end of the file.
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                     21: A specifier of blocks, characters,  or lines (bb, c, or l, respec-
                     22: tively) may follow the number;  the default is lines.  If no num-
                     23: ber is specified, a default of -10 is assumed.
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                     25: The -ff  option opens the  tail of a  file, and then  displays new
                     26: material as it is added to a file.  This command lets you watch a
                     27: file as it is being built, such as by nnrrooffff.  Note that when tail
                     28: is invoked  with this option,  it does not  exit; therefore, when
                     29: you wish to exit, type the interrupt character.
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                     31: ***** See Also *****
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                     33: commands, dd, egrep, head, sed
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                     35: ***** Notes *****
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                     37: Because  tail buffers  data measured  from the  end of  the file,
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