

TAIL (1)                     8/26/79                     TAIL (1)




NAME
   tail - print last lines of a file

SYNOPSIS
   tail [-n] [file....]

DESCRIPTION
   Tail  prints the last "n" lines of the indicated file.  If 'n'
   is omitted, the last 23 lines are printed. 
   
   If "file" is omitted  or  is  "-",  tail  reads  the  standard
   input. 

SEE ALSO
   split

AUTHORS
   David Hanson and friends (U. of Arizona)

BUGS/DEFICIENCIES
   An  internal  buffer  of  MAXBUF  characters  is kept.  If the
   value of "n" would require buffering more characters than  the
   buffer  can  hold,  tail  prints the last MAXBUF characters of
   the file.  In this case, the first line of output may  not  be
   an  entire  line.   MAXBUF  is a definition in the source code
   which may be adjusted. 

































