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Question: How Do You Tail Command in Linux?

Sophia Al-Mansoor • • 3 min read
Question: How Do You Tail Command in Linux?
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How do you tail in Linux?

How to Use the Tail Command

  1. Enter the tail command, followed by the file you’d like to view: tail /var/log/auth.log. …
  2. To change the number of lines displayed, use the -n option: tail -n 50 /var/log/auth.log. …
  3. To show a real-time, streaming output of a changing file, use the -f or –follow options: tail -f /var/log/auth.log.

How do you use head and tail in Linux?

They are, by default, installed in all Linux distributions. As their names imply, the head command will output the first part of the file, while the tail command will print the last part of the file. Both commands write the result to standard output.

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