tail

Display the last part of a file. See also: head. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tail>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/tail.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/tail tail powered by Commando

Display the last part of a file. See also: head. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tail>.

  • Show last 'count' lines in file:
    tail --lines count path/to/file
  • Print a file from a specific line number:
    tail --lines +count path/to/file
  • Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file:
    tail --bytes count path/to/file
  • Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`:
    tail --follow path/to/file
  • Keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`, even if the file is inaccessible:
    tail --retry --follow path/to/file
  • Show last 'num' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'n' seconds:
    tail --lines count --sleep-interval seconds --follow path/to/file

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