Home / server / Questions / 143625
Accepted
gAMBOOKa
Asked: 2010-05-20 20:25:36 +0800 CST

Display the last few lines of a very large file

  • 772

I've got a log file that's managed to bloat upto 150MB. Is there a way to read only the last say 100 lines of the file instead of the whole thing? I don't want to have to download a 150 MB file with my current connection. I'd rather SSH in and read the relevant parts.

linux

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    tail [filename]

    • 7

  2. To expand on Farseeker's answer: tail -n 100 [filename] to get the last 100 lines.

    • 5