[OLUG] How do I...

[redcpu at home.com]

On 14 Dec 99, at 18:47, Vincent wrote:

> I feel stupid having to ask this question, but here it goes.  I've never
> had a need to do this until today.
> 
> In a console, how can I view the end of a large text file?  For example,
> there's a text file that's over 80MB in size and I need to look only at
> the last 100 lines or so.  The way I've been doing it is to more or less
> (pun intended) set a rock on my spacebar and take a walk and then scroll
> up the console when it's finished.  That can get damn annoying!
> 
> -- 
> "Go away before I replace you with a very small shell script!"
try tail 100 filename

or a tail -f will do a watch of the file if it changes.

Dan



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