unix tail command

karron at MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU karron at MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU
Sat Jun 2 09:25:58 AEST 1990


tail -f <filename> will follow a file as it grows. It will generally
print the last few lines of a file and wait for the file to grow.



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