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What Linux command displays the last part of a file without editing it? 1. end 2. foot 3. last 4. tail

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Question added by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company
Date Posted: 2015/08/29
Mohsin Patel
by Mohsin Patel , Accounting Analyst , Water G.

Tail is the answer.......................................

Gayasuddin Mohammed
by Gayasuddin Mohammed , Advocate , Practicing Law before High Court at Hyderabad

tail command on unix or linux will get you the last10 lines of the file. thanks.

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

The tail command will display the last few lines of a file without editing it. This command can be very useful for reviewing files that are updated frequently such as log files and quickly seeing latest added lines.

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