diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man/man1/tail.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man1/tail.html | 116 |
1 files changed, 116 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/man1/tail.html b/man/man1/tail.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..781f3333 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/tail.html @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +<head> +<title>tail(1) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> +<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> +</head> +<body bgcolor=#ffffff> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=10><td> +<tr><td width=20><td> +<tr><td width=20><td><b>TAIL(1)</b><td align=right><b>TAIL(1)</b> +<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> + <br> +<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + tail – deliver the last part of a file<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>tail</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>+−</font></tt><i>number</i>[<tt><font size=+1>lbc</font></tt>][<tt><font size=+1>rf</font></tt>] ] [ <i>file</i> ] + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + <tt><font size=+1>tail</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>−fr</font></tt> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−n</font></tt> <i>nlines</i> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> <i>nbytes</i> ] [ <i>file</i> ]<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <i>Tail</i> copies the named file to the standard output beginning at + a designated place. If no file is named, the standard input is + copied. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + Copying begins at position <tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt><i>number</i> measured from the beginning, + or <tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt><i>number</i> from the end of the input. <i>Number</i> is counted in lines, + 1K blocks or bytes, according to the appended flag <tt><font size=+1>l</font></tt>, <tt><font size=+1>b</font></tt>, or <tt><font size=+1>c</font></tt>. + Default is <tt><font size=+1>−10l</font></tt> (ten ell). + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + The further flag <tt><font size=+1>r</font></tt> causes tail to print lines from the end of + the file in reverse order; <tt><font size=+1>f</font></tt> (follow) causes <i>tail</i>, after printing + to the end, to keep watch and print further data as it appears. + + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + The second syntax is that promulgated by POSIX, where the <i>numbers</i> + rather than the options are signed.<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>EXAMPLES </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>tail file<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + Print the last 10 lines of a file.<br> + + </table> + <tt><font size=+1>tail +0f file<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + Print a file, and continue to watch data accumulate as it grows.<br> + + </table> + <tt><font size=+1>sed 10q file<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + Print the first 10 lines of a file.<br> + + </table> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/tail.c<br> + </font></tt> +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a buffer, + and thus are limited in length. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + According to custom, option <tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt><i>number</i> counts lines from 1, and counts + blocks and bytes from 0. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + <i>Tail</i> is ignorant of UTF.<br> + +</table> + +<td width=20> +<tr height=20><td> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> +<tr><td><td> +<center> +<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> +</center> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +</body></html> |