.TH TAIL 1 .SH NAMEtail \- deliver the last part of a file.SH SYNOPSIS.B tail.if t [ \(+-number[\fBlbc\fR] ].if n +_number[lbc___][ file ].SH DESCRIPTION.I Tailcopies the named file to the standard output beginningat a designated place.If no file is named, the standard input is used..PPCopying begins at distance.I +numberfrom the beginning, or.I \-numberfrom the end of the input..I Numberis counted in units of lines, blocks or characters,according to the appended option.B l,.B bor.B c.When no units are specified, counting is by lines..SH "SEE ALSO"dd(1).SH BUGSTails relative to the end of the fileare treasured up in a buffer, and thus are limited in length.Various kinds of anomalous behavior may happenwith character special files.