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            1 .Dd October 8, 2015
            2 .Dt TAIL 1
            3 .Os sbase
            4 .Sh NAME
            5 .Nm tail
            6 .Nd display final lines of files
            7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
            8 .Nm
            9 .Op Fl f
           10 .Op Fl c Ar num | Fl m Ar num | Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
           11 .Op Ar file ...
           12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
           13 .Nm
           14 writes the last 10 lines of each
           15 .Ar file
           16 to stdout.
           17 If no
           18 .Ar file
           19 is given,
           20 .Nm
           21 reads from stdin.
           22 .Sh OPTIONS
           23 .Bl -tag -width Ds
           24 .It Fl c Ar num | Fl m Ar num | Fl n Ar num | Fl Ns Ar num
           25 Display final
           26 .Ar num
           27 bytes | characters | lines | lines.
           28 If
           29 .Ar num
           30 begins with '+'
           31 it is an offset from the beginning of each
           32 .Ar file .
           33 If
           34 .Ar num
           35 begins with '-' it is as if no sign was given.
           36 The default is 10 lines.
           37 .It Fl f
           38 If one
           39 .Ar file
           40 is specified, append lines to output as
           41 .Ar file
           42 grows.
           43 .El
           44 .Sh SEE ALSO
           45 .Xr head 1
           46 .Sh STANDARDS
           47 POSIX.1-2013.
           48 .Pp
           49 The
           50 .Op Fl Ns Ar num
           51 syntax is an extension to that specification.