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-f: Follow along forever, outputting appended data as the file grows.
-v: Print headers giving file names.
-x: Expand tabs into the number of spaces specified by the TABS environment
variable or into 8 spaces if TABS is undefined.
-?: Display program description.
Note: If the environment variable TAIL exists, its value is used to establish default
options.
Note: You can override an option that was specified in the environment variable by
following the option with a minus '-' sign. For example, to turn off the -v option,
specify -v-.
Note: If the environment variable TABS exists, its value will determine the number
of spaces used to expand tabs. Otherwise, tabs are expanded to 8 spaces.
See Also
For related information, see:
About Common Utilities