The tail command displays a specified number of trailing lines for each of the items in a specified item-list (that is, the bottom-most lines contained in an item).
tail filename{item.list} {(options}
| filename | Specifies the file that contains the item-list from which to display the specified number of trailing lines. | |
| item.list | Specifies the item-list from which to display the specified number of trailing lines. The item-list can be specified explicitly, with an asterisk, or by referencing an active list | |
| options | The following options are supported: | |
| i | Displays the Item-IDs in the output. | |
| s | Suppresses line numbers from the output. | |
| n | Number of trailing lines (where n is the number of lines) from each Item-ID in the item-list to display. If no number is specified, the default is controlled by the currently specified term-type. Note that the number of lines returned will actually be the specified number plus 1. | |
The example below illustrates outputting 5 trailing lines (plus 1) for each of the 3 items contained in the item-list (in this case, hot-backup, network-setup, and nt_pinfo). Since the i option is specified, the Item-ID is included in the output.
tail dm,bp, hot-backup network-setup nt_pinfo (i5 hot-backup 668 * 669 * ----------------------------------------------------------------- 670 * Include common subroutines 671 include dm,bp,includes hot-backup.sub 672 * 673 * End network-setup 481 crt " Options:" 482 crt " Q : Quiet" 483 crt " V : Verbose" 484 stop 485 * 486 end ;* end of network-setup nt_pinfo 344 end case 345 * 346 return 347 * 348 * [20] End 349 *