tail -- Display end of file (EXTERNAL) [v1.0] Written by Jeff Ding syntax: tail [-l] [-w] [-d] ex: tail long.file tail read.me -l10 > & ; tail wide.file -w132 'Tail' displays the ending of a file without having to wait for the beginning part to scroll by on the screen. This command is useful for quickly displaying the ending of any file that is very long. Wildcards are supported. Options are as follows: -l: number of lines to print. This defaults to 5 lines. You can specify 'tail' to print any number of lines from 1 to 255 off the end of a file. A 0 value has the same effect as not using the option. -w: wrap margin. Use this option to force the number of lines to increment at either a specific margin or a space within 9 characters of the margin. This option is good for files that use a carriage return to specify paragraphs instead of lines. Allowed values are 0 through 255. A 0 value has the same effect as not using the option. The default wrap margin is set to 79. -d: delimiter for end of line. Enter the ascii value of the character after the -d. (see also: hdr)