Definition:

  • prints the last part (10 lines by default) of each FILE; it reads from standard input if no files are given or when given a FILE of ‘-’.

Synopsis:

  • tail [OPTION]... [FILE]...

List of options:

  • .
  • -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]
    • output appended data as the file grows;
    • an absent option argument means ‘descriptor’
  • .
  • -n, --lines =[-]NUM