.DT tail $MUDNAME$ creator help tail .SH Name .SI 5 tail - Display the last few lines of files. .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 tail [<num>] <file(s)> .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 Tail will print the last few lines of a file. It is useful for checking log files, or just checking files where you know the bit you want to look at is in the end of the file. The files are specified either relative to your current path, or absolute from the root dir and will be expanded. .EP .SP 5 5 If you use 'tail <num>', tail will display the last <num> lines of <files>. .EP .SH Examples .SI 5 > tail /*debug.log > tail /log/ENTER /log/BUG /log/C* > tail ENTER > tail 50 /log/THEFT .EI .SH See also .SP 5 5 head, more, cat, ed, grep, find .EP