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Head and Tail Commands

Let me explain this with the help of examples

1. Suppose I need to read last 10 lines of a file

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# tail -n 20 /var/log/boot.log

2. Suppose I need to read forst 10 lines of a file

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# head -n 30 /etc/sensors.conf

Now imagine you want to follow what is been written “live” to the /var/log/messages file

Quote:

# tail -f /var/log/messages

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07-25-2007 02:52 AM

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