LAST v1.31 - copy last n lines
Documentation revised 21 Oct 00 - Copyright (c) 1996-2000 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.

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Usage Top || Next

last [log logfile] [option] n [infile] [to outfile]

See Understanding The Usage Section for details.


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last copies the last n lines of infile to outfile.

If infile has n or fewer lines, then last copies all of infile.

n must be in the range 0..2147483647.

If you don't specify infile, last reads from standard input.
If you don't specify outfile, last writes to standard output.
If you don't specify logfile, last writes error messages to standard error.


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last recognizes the following command line options:


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last can run out of memory if n is large.


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last returns with one of the following codes ("error levels"):

For more details, see TextTools General Features.


Version History Top || Previous

These are the released versions of last:

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