tail

Output the last part of files.

Synopsis

tofu tail [files...] [flags]

Description

Print the last N lines of each FILE to standard output. If no files are specified, read from standard input. With the -f option, follow file changes in real-time.

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--lines	-n	Output the last N lines	10
--follow	-f	Output appended data as file grows	false
--quiet	-q	Never output headers giving file names	false
--verbose	-v	Always output headers giving file names	false

Examples

Show last 10 lines of a file:

tofu tail file.txt

Show last 20 lines:

tofu tail -n 20 file.txt

Follow file changes (like tail -f):

tofu tail -f /var/log/app.log

Follow multiple files:

tofu tail -f file1.log file2.log

Show last lines of multiple files:

tofu tail file1.txt file2.txt

Read from stdin:

cat bigfile.txt | tofu tail -n 5

Sample Output

With multiple files and follow mode:

==> file1.log <==
Latest log entry 1
Latest log entry 2

==> file2.log <==
Another log entry