SSH tail command

Using SSH you can look at the last lines of a file in a Linux environment. This can be done using the Linux tail command. In this article, we’ll show the basic usage of tail and how to use it with SSH.

Show last 10 lines of a file using tail and SSH

tail myTextFile.txt

Showing the last n lines using Linux tail command

Here you should replace n with the number of lines you wish to see

tail -n myTextFile.txt

Watch a file with Linux tail command

This will make tail refresh and display any changes made to the file. It’s useful when watching logs, waiting for an event to occur

tail -F myTextFile.txt

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