Here is a test file :
$ cat test
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
$
Now. 'tail' command can be used to print last five lines as follows:
$ tail -5 test
12
13
14
15
16
$Lets say our while reading output of a log file, our requirement is to print all lines except top five lines , then also 'tail' command can help as follows:
$tail -n +6 test
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
$
Note , here numeric value ( '+6' in the previous example) should be 'number of lines you want to skip from top + 1'
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