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# tail
> Display the last part of a file
- show last 'num' lines in file
`tail -n {{num}} {{file}}`
- show last 'num' bytes in file
`tail -c {{num}} {{file}}`
- keep reading file until ctrl-c
`tail -f {{file}}`