tail command help

 tail - output the last part of files
 

SYNOPSIS

 ../src/tail [OPTION]... [FILE]...
 

DESCRIPTION

 Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output.
 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving
 the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read
 standard input.
 
 --retry
 keep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessiュ
 ble when tail starts or if it becomes inaccessible
 later -- useful only with -f
 
 -c, --bytes=N
 output the last N bytes
 
 -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}] output appended data as
 the file grows;
 -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are equivaュ
 lent
 
 -n, --lines=N
 output the last N lines, instead of the last 10
 
 --max-unchanged-stats=N see the texinfo documentation
 (the default is 5)
 
 --max-consecutive-size-changes=N see the texinfo documenュ
 tation
 (the default is 200)
 
 --pid=PID
 with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies
 
 -q, --quiet, --silent
 never output headers giving file names
 
 -s, --sleep-interval=S
 with -f, sleep S seconds between iterations
 
 -v, --verbose
 always output headers giving file names
 
 --help display this help and exit
 
 --version
 output version information and exit
 
 If the first character of N (the number of bytes or lines)
 file. N may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for
 1024, m for 1048576 (1 Meg). A first OPTION of -VALUE or
 +VALUE is treated like -n VALUE or -n +VALUE unless VALUE
 has one of the [bkm] suffix multipliers, in which case it
 is treated like -c VALUE or -c +VALUE.
 
 With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file
 descriptor, which means that even if a tail'ed file is
 renamed, tail will continue to track its end. This
 default behavior is not desirable when you really want to
 track the actual name of the file, not the file descriptor
 (e.g., log rotation). Use --follow=name in that case.
 That causes tail to track the named file by reopening it
 periodically to see if it has been removed and recreated
 by some other program.
 

AUTHOR

 Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor,
 and Jim Meyering.
 

REPORTING BUGS

 Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
 

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright ゥ 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying condiュ
 tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 

SEE ALSO

 The full documentation for tail is maintained as a Texinfo
 manual. If the info and tail programs are properly
 installed at your site, the command
 
 info tail
 
 should give you access to the complete manual.