Kentrox AI296 manual Tail, This command displays the last few lines of a file

AI296 Version 9.8x User’s Guide

AI296 Commands: tail

tail

Description

This command displays the last few lines of a file.

Command Type

shell

Formats

tail [ -nlines ] file_name ...



Note: More than one file name can be specified in this command.

Parameters

-n	Specifies that a line number value will be entered.
lines	Defines the number of lines to display. The default is 20.
file_name	Defines the name of the file to display.

Examples

This example displays the last 10 lines of file userlog.txt.

[296]tail	-n 10 userlog.txt
[14:09:46	072204]	User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1309 has exited the shell.
[14:14:50	072204]	User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1309 has entered the shell.
[16:17:53	072204]	User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1309 has exited the shell.
[16:17:53 072204]		User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1309 has logged out of the Destinat
ion Menu.
[16:27:23 072204]		User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1565 has logged into the Destinatio
n Menu.
[16:27:25	072204]	User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1565 has entered the shell.
[17:44:07	072204]	User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1565 has exited the shell.
[17:44:18 072204]		User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1565 has logged out of the Destinat
ion Menu.
[09:15:28 072304]		User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1205 has logged into the Destinatio
n Menu.
[09:15:29	072304]	User pubs from 10.40.5.20#1205 has entered the shell.
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