Linux shell commands (various)

Can anyone please tell me the linux command I need to use to view the last part of a text file ?? I have tried "less 'filename'" but this shows the beginning of the file and I need to see the end. Its a log file and nearly 200 MB big so dont fancy scrolling to the end :-)

Thanks

tail -10 filename

tail -f <filename> ... will give the last part of the file and will show new lines if they appear (handy for log files)

10 being the number of lines you want to read in.

Well, on a Mac you would...blah blah blah.

(standard TT response to any computer question. Fucking ignore it and simply bang on about how things are better on a Mac, or on Linux, or whateverthespank)

You could open the file with less, and then press Shift-G to move to the end of the file. The advantage of using less is, you could scroll up and down a file. press g to move to the top of the file again.

Well on a Mac you wouldn't...bother! You get on with real work!

(I wanted to keep the spirit of opinionating going)

tail is faster, forget "less" and anything MAC Related..

tail -f <filename> = Opens the file shows you the last few lines and starts an active monitoring for updates.

tail -10 <filename> = Shows you the last 10 lines then exits.

Isnt 10 the default (it is on Solaris):

tail name-of-file will produce the last 10 lines.

10 is the default and you don't need the -f. If you want to specify number of lines use -n.

All of this can be found by typing "man tail"

The "-f" option is useful if you are monitoring a log file...

Less is good, shift - G to go to end of file, Ctrl F to do the tail -f trick. Less is better because you can ctrl - c to stop the ctrl f thing, and scroll up if you saw something interesting.

hmmmmmm.

That is because less is more, grasshopper.


*snigger*

Of course, % rm God is funnier. Or:

% make fire
Make: Don't know how to make fire. Stop.
% why not?
No match.
% gotta light?
No match.

Or... http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~ronke/FUN/unix.html

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On a Mac you could and should actually use the same "tail -10 file" command as on Linux.