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	1 .TH TAIL 1
	2 .SH NAME
	3 tail \- deliver the last part of a file
	4 .SH SYNOPSIS
	5 .B tail
	6 [
	7 .BR +- \fInumber\fP[ lbc ][ rf ]
	8 ]
	9 [
	10 .I file
	11 ]
	12 .PP
	13 .B tail
	14 [
	15 .B -fr
	16 ]
	17 [
	18 .B -n
	19 .I nlines
	20 ]
	21 [
	22 .B -c
	23 .I nbytes
	24 ]
	25 [
	26 .I file
	27 ]
	28 .SH DESCRIPTION
	29 .I Tail
	30 copies the named file to the standard output beginning
	31 at a designated place.
	32 If no file is named, the standard input is copied.
	33 .PP
	34 Copying begins at position
	35 .BI + number
	36 measured from the beginning, or
	37 .BI - number
	38 from the end of the input.
	39 .I Number
	40 is counted in lines, 1K blocks or bytes,
	41 according to the appended flag
	42 .LR l ,
	43 .LR b ,
	44 or
	45 .LR c .
	46 Default is
	47 .B -10l
	48 (ten ell).
	49 .PP
	50 The further flag
	51 .L r
	52 causes tail to print lines from the end of the file in reverse order;
	53 .L f
	54 (follow) causes
	55 .IR tail ,
	56 after printing to the end, to keep watch and
	57 print further data as it appears.
	58 .PP
	59 The second syntax is that promulgated by POSIX, where
	60 the
	61 .I numbers
	62 rather than the options are signed.
	63 .SH EXAMPLES
	64 .TP
	65 .B tail file
	66 Print the last 10 lines of a file.
	67 .TP
	68 .B tail +0f file
	69 Print a file, and continue to watch
	70 data accumulate as it grows.
	71 .TP
	72 .B sed 10q file
	73 Print the first 10 lines of a file.
	74 .SH SOURCE
	75 .B \*9/src/cmd/tail.c
	76 .SH BUGS
	77 Tails relative to the end of the file
	78 are treasured up in a buffer, and thus
	79 are limited in length.
	80 .PP
	81 According to custom, option
	82 .BI + number
	83 counts lines from 1, and counts
	84 blocks and bytes from 0.
	85 .PP
	86 .I Tail
	87 is ignorant of UTF.