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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TAIL 1
        !             2: .CT 1 files
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: tail, readslow \- deliver the last part of a file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B tail
        !             7: [
        !             8: .BR +- \fInumber\fP[ lbc ][ rf ]
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I file
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Tail
        !            15: copies the named file to the standard output beginning
        !            16: at a designated place.
        !            17: If no file is named, the standard input is used.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: Copying begins at distance
        !            20: .BI + number
        !            21: from the beginning, or
        !            22: .BI - number
        !            23: from the end of the input.
        !            24: .I Number
        !            25: is counted in units of lines, 1K blocks or characters,
        !            26: according to the appended flag
        !            27: .BR l ,
        !            28: .BR b ,
        !            29: or
        !            30: .BR c .
        !            31: Defaults are
        !            32: .BR -10l .
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: The further flag
        !            35: .B r
        !            36: causes tail to print lines from the end of the file in reverse order;
        !            37: .B f
        !            38: (follow) causes
        !            39: .I tail,
        !            40: after printing to the end, to keep watch and
        !            41: print further data as it appears.
        !            42: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            43: .TP
        !            44: .B tail file
        !            45: Print the last 10 lines of a file.
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: .L tail +0f file
        !            48: Print a file, and continue to watch
        !            49: data accumulate as it grows.
        !            50: This function was once called
        !            51: .I readslow.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .L sed 10q file
        !            54: Print the first 10 lines of a file.
        !            55: Some systems call this function
        !            56: .I head.
        !            57: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            58: .IR dd (1)
        !            59: .SH BUGS
        !            60: Tails relative to the end of the file
        !            61: are treasured up in a buffer, and thus
        !            62: are limited in length.
        !            63: .br
        !            64: Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happen
        !            65: with character special files.

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