TAIL

UNIX/Linux-like tail DOS Command for Windows
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  • Freeware
  • Publisher Name:
  • Dennis Bareis
  • Operating Systems:
  • Windows All
  • File Size:
  • 18 KB

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tail for Windows can be used to display last lines of a file and trace/monitor file's change. You can also intercept a file from specified line no. into another file by using the redirection symbol (> or >). tail for Windows is portable software, do NOT need to install. It is very easy to use, just extract tail.exe from the downloaded package and put it into c:\windows\system32 (c: = system drive, this path is recommended due to you can use tail DOS command without path setting). This utility will support most of the functions provided by its UNIX/Linux tail counterpart. For the average Windows PC users, we give the following guides: · After put tail.exe into c:\windows\system32 (c: = system drive), just press , type cmd, and then press to open DOS command window. · Now, you can use tail command. · Common usage: tail -f filename traces/monitors file's change. tail -n filename displays the last n lines of the file. tail +n filename displays the file tail beginning with nth line. All above commands can generate a new file by using the redirection symbol (> or >>). > override mode, >> appending mode. E.g. tail -100 "f:\new product\test.log" > h:\test.tail.100.log will intercept the last 100 lines from "f:\new product\test.log" into h:\test.tail.100.log (new file). At last, if the file name has space, please quote it, like "filename", in fact, we recommend you quote file name always.


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