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-f 循环读取
-q 不显示处理信息
-v 显示详细的处理信息
-c<数目> 显示的字节数
-n<行数> 显示行数
--pid=PID 与-f合用,表示在进程ID,PID死掉之后结束. 
-q, --quiet, --silent 从不输出给出文件名的首部 
-s, --sleep-interval=S 与-f合用,表示在每次反复的间隔休眠S秒

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# tail -n 5 log2014.log 
2014-09
2014-10
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# ping 192.168.120.204 > test.log &
# ta 大专栏  每天一个linux命令（15）-tailil -f test.log 
PING 192.168.120.204 (192.168.120.204) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.036 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.027 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.032 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.026 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.120.204: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.027 ms

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# cat log2014.log 
2014-01
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# tail -n +5 log2014.log
2014-05
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