---
name: "rust-tail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rust-coreutils"
version: "0.0.30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rust-tail"
---

# rust-tail(1)

Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too.

## NAME

tail - Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too.

## SYNOPSIS

**tail** \[**-c**\|**--bytes**\] \[**-f**\|**--follow**\] \[**-n**\|**--lines**\] \[**--pid**\] \[**-q**\|**--quiet**\] \[**-s**\|**--sleep-interval**\] \[**--max-unchanged-stats**\] \[**-v**\|**--verbose**\] \[**-z**\|**--zero-terminated**\] \[**--use-polling**\] \[**--retry**\] \[**-F** \] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \[*files*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long flags are mandatory for short flags too.

## OPTIONS

- **-c**, **--bytes**

  Number of bytes to print

- **-f**, **--follow**

  Print the file as it grows\

  \[*possible values:* descriptor, name\]

- **-n**, **--lines**

  Number of lines to print

- **--pid**=*PID*

  With -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Never output headers giving file names

- **-s**, **--sleep-interval**=*N*

  Number of seconds to sleep between polling the file when running with -f

- **--max-unchanged-stats**=*N*

  Reopen a FILE which has not changed size after N (default 5) iterations to see if it has been unlinked or renamed (this is the usual case of rotated log files); This option is meaningful only when polling (i.e., with --use-polling) and when --follow=name

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Always output headers giving file names

- **-z**, **--zero-terminated**

  Line delimiter is NUL, not newline

- **--use-polling**

  Disable 'inotify' support and use polling instead

- **--retry**

  Keep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible

- **-F**

  Same as --follow=name --retry

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \[*files*\]

  ## VERSION

v0.0.30