title: Bash Tail
## Bash Tailtail
is a program to display the tail end of a text file. If no option is given, tail shows the last 10 lines of a given file.
Usage
tail [options] [file_names]
Commonly used options:
-f
– Display the last lines and then monitor the file. If new lines are added to the file, tail updates the display.-F
– Same as-f
but if the file/log is rolled it will continue with the new file/log.-c NUM
– display the lastNUM
bytes of the file.-n NUM
– display the lastNUM
lines, instead of the last 10 Examples View the last several lines from file log.txt
tail log.txt
#### View the last 15 lines from file log.txt
tail -n 15 log.txt
Show only the last line from file log.txt
tail -n1 log.txt
#### Show live changes from file log.txt
tail -f log.txt
### More Information
- Run
man tail
for more information on the tail command as well as a complete list of options. - Wikipedia