Use the basic tail command to display the last 10 lines of a file. Tail the desired number of lines by specifying the -n option. Learn how to use the +N option to display lines starting from the Nth ...

Display the first 5 lines of a file and indicate the name of the file: “` head -v -n 5 FILENAME “` How to use tail command? The basic syntax for the tail command is as follows: “` tail [OPTIONS] ...

The tail command makes it easy to view log entries as they are written in real-time. Jack Wallen shows you how to make use of this indispensable tool.

With tail, you can display the bottoms of files and see content as it is added. This kind of monitoring is often very helpful and requires less effort than running commands periodically. Using watch ...

With tail, you can view a Linux log file as the system writes to it in real time. So while you’re trying to troubleshoot that system, you can follow the syslog, the auth.log, ...

Counting Files with ‘tree’ You can count all files in a directory, including subdirectories, with: tree -a | tail -1 . Creating a Bash Script for Regular Use Why a Script? If you need to count files ...