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Emily Grace Seville d70f57f592
osx/*.md: make placeholders more compatible with CLIP ones (#9863)
* Make placeholders more compatible with CLIP ones:
- https://github.com/command-line-interface-pages/prototypes/pull/32

* Update pages/osx/xsltproc.md

Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>

* Update pages/osx/dd.md

Co-authored-by: Jack Lin <blueskyson1401@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jack Lin <blueskyson1401@gmail.com>
2023-02-20 15:05:58 +08:00

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# tail
> Display the last part of a file.
> See also: `head`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1>.
- Show last 'count' lines in file:
`tail -n {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Print a file from a specific line number:
`tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file:
`tail -c {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`:
`tail -f {{path/to/file}}`
- Keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`, even if the file is inaccessible:
`tail -F {{path/to/file}}`
- Show last 'count' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'seconds' seconds:
`tail -n {{8}} -s {{10}} -f {{path/to/file}}`