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tail

tail is a program available on Unix, Unix-like systems, FreeDOS and MSX-DOS used to display the tail end of a text file or piped data.

List of commands for tail:

- tail
apache2:logs:access:show Show the last entries of the Apache2 access log.

$ tail -n ${number_of_lines} /var/log/apache2/access.log

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apache2:logs:error:show Show the last entries of the Apache2 error log.

$ tail -n ${number_of_lines} /var/log/apache2/error.log

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file_manipulation:warp:eef3b Remove the first line of a text file

$ tail -n +2 "$${file_name}"

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goaccess:tldr:8bb79 goaccess: Analyze a log from `stdin`.

$ tail -f ${path-to-logfile} | goaccess -

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svcs:tldr:b9a97 svcs: Display end of a service log file.

$ tail $(svcs -L apache)

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system:log:follow:multiple The command 'tail -f' is used to continuously monitor logs and display any new changes.

$ tail -f ${path_to_main_directory}/**/*.log

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tail:tldr:3a9c7 tail: Print a file from a specific line number.

$ tail --lines +${count} ${filename}

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tail:tldr:48a53 tail: Show last 'count' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'seconds' seconds.

$ tail -n ${8} -s ${10} -f ${filename}

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tail:tldr:54aad tail: Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`.

$ tail -f ${filename}

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tail:tldr:5aeb0 tail: Keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`, even if the file is inaccessible.

$ tail -F ${filename}

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tail:tldr:5dffb tail: Show last 'count' lines in file.

$ tail -n ${8} ${filename}

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tail:tldr:603ea tail: Keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`, even if the file is inaccessible.

$ tail --retry --follow ${filename}

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tail:tldr:67262 tail: Show last 'num' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'n' seconds.

$ tail --lines ${count} --sleep-interval ${seconds} --follow ${filename}

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tail:tldr:7a9b8 tail: Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file.

$ tail --bytes ${count} ${filename}

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tail:tldr:890ed tail: Show last 'count' lines in file.

$ tail --lines ${count} ${filename}

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tail:tldr:8a348 tail: Print a file from a specific line number.

$ tail -n +${8} ${filename}

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tail:tldr:a1af0 tail: Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file.

$ tail -c ${8} ${filename}

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tail:tldr:b159c tail: Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`.

$ tail --follow ${filename}

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