Linux tail Command

What is Linux tail Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use tail command in Linux. tail command is tail - output the last part of files.

tail Syntax#

tail [OPTION]... [FILE]...

tail Examples#

tail Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of tail command. tail command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for tail command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man tail

To open info page for tail command we can use command below.

info tail

To open help page from tail command we can run command below.

tail --help

Linux tail Command Source Code#

You can find tail command source code from the folowing repositories:

• tail source code on GitHub
• tail source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• tail source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use tail in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.