Tail, Version 1.01 Return the specified number of lines from the end of the specified file Usage: TAIL filename [ option ] or: TAIL [ option ] < filename Where: filename is the file to be read /L:n read the last n Lines (default: 1 line) Examples: TAIL filename read the last line (default) TAIL filename /L:5 read the last 5 lines TAIL /L:5 < filename read the last 5 lines Check for redirection by Hans Passant on StackOverflow.com/a/3453272 Check file encoding by Jason Pierce on StackOverflow.com/a/19283954 Written by Rob van der Woude http://www.robvanderwoude.com