How do I display the bottom part of a file?

[petulia3478]

To display the bottom part of a file do:

$ tail /var/adm/messages

To display the last 20 lines of a file do:

$ tail -20 /var/adm/messages

You can use the tail and head commands with any unix command which lists lines to the screen, like this ls -l listing

$ ls -l | tail -5
or
$ tail -10 /etc/services > /var/tmp/services.out