To view the last part of a file, you use the tail command. It is the opposite of the head command.
To view the last 10 lines:
Simply type the command followed by the file path. Like head, tail defaults to 10 lines if you don't specify a number:
tail /tmp/hello
To view a specific number of lines:
If you want to see a specific number of lines (for example, the last 5 lines), use the -n option:
tail -n 5 /tmp/hello
Summary of the "Big Three" for viewing files:
cat: Shows the whole file.head: Shows the top of the file.tail: Shows the bottom of the file.
Fun Fact: tail is very popular among developers for watching log files in real-time using the -f (follow) flag: tail -f /var/log/syslog. It keeps the terminal open and prints new lines as they are added to the file
