| .Dd 2015-10-08 |
| .Dt TAIL 1 |
| .Os sbase |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm tail |
| .Nd display final lines of files |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm |
| .Op Fl f |
| .Op Fl c Ar num | Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num |
| .Op Ar file ... |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm |
| writes the last 10 lines of each |
| .Ar file |
| to stdout. If no |
| .Ar file |
| is given, |
| .Nm |
| reads from stdin. |
| .Sh OPTIONS |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Fl c Ar num | Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num |
| Display final |
| .Ar num |
| characters | lines | |
| lines. If |
| .Ar num |
| begins with '+' |
| it is an offset from the beginning of each |
| .Ar file . |
| If |
| .Ar num |
| begins with '-' it is as if no sign was given. The default is 10 lines. |
| .It Fl f |
| If one |
| .Ar file |
| is specified, append lines to output as |
| .Ar file |
| grows. |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr head 1 |
| .Sh STANDARDS |
| The |
| .Nm |
| utility is compliant with the |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 |
| specification. |
| .Pp |
| The |
| .Op Fl Ns Ar num |
| syntax is an extension to that specification. |