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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TAIL 1
        !             2: .if t .ds pm \*(+-
        !             3: .if n .ds pm +-
        !             4: .CT 1 files
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: tail, readslow, head \- print the last part of a file
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B tail
        !             9: [
        !            10: .I otion ...
        !            11: .BR \*(pm \fInumber\fP[ lbc ][ rf ]
        !            12: ]
        !            13: [
        !            14: .I file
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: .I Tail
        !            18: copies the named file to the standard output beginning
        !            19: at a designated place, normally 10 lines from the end.
        !            20: If no file is named, the standard input is used.
        !            21: The options are
        !            22: .TP
        !            23: .BR \*(pm \fInumber\fP[ lbc ][ rf ]
        !            24: Copying begins at position
        !            25: .BI + number
        !            26: measured from the beginning, or
        !            27: .BI - number
        !            28: from the end of the input.
        !            29: .I Number
        !            30: is counted in lines, 1K blocks or characters,
        !            31: according to the appended flag
        !            32: .LR l 
        !            33: (default),
        !            34: .LR b ,
        !            35: or
        !            36: .LR c .
        !            37: Further flags
        !            38: .L r
        !            39: and
        !            40: .L f
        !            41: have the effect of options 
        !            42: .B -r
        !            43: and
        !            44: .B -l .
        !            45: .TP 
        !            46: .B -r
        !            47: Print lines from the end of the file in reverse order.
        !            48: Default line count is unbounded.
        !            49: .TP 
        !            50: .B -f
        !            51: Follow.
        !            52: After printing to the end, keep watch and
        !            53: print further data as it appears.
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: .BI "-c \*(pm" number
        !            56: .br
        !            57: .ns
        !            58: .TP
        !            59: .BI "-n \*(pm" number
        !            60: .I Number
        !            61: may be signed, with sign
        !            62: .B -
        !            63: assumed by default.
        !            64: The effect is the same as
        !            65: .BI \*(pm number c 
        !            66: or
        !            67: .BI \*(pm number l
        !            68: [sic] respectively.
        !            69: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            70: .TP
        !            71: .B tail file
        !            72: Print the last 10 lines of a file.
        !            73: .TP
        !            74: .B tail +0f file
        !            75: Print a file, and continue to watch
        !            76: data accumulate as it grows.
        !            77: A similar function is sometimes called
        !            78: .I readslow.
        !            79: .TP
        !            80: .B sed 10q file
        !            81: Print the first 10 lines of a file.
        !            82: A similar function is sometimes called
        !            83: .I head.
        !            84: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            85: .IR dd (1)
        !            86: .SH BUGS
        !            87: Tails relative to the end of the file
        !            88: are treasured up in a buffer, and thus
        !            89: are limited in length, even under option 
        !            90: .BR -r .
        !            91: .br
        !            92: According to custom, option
        !            93: .BI + number
        !            94: counts lines from 1, and counts
        !            95: blocks and characters from 0.

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