.. _cli::p3-tail:


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p3-tail
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Return Last Few Lines of the Input File
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.. code-block:: perl

     p3-tail.pl [options]


This script returns the header line plus the last few data lines of the standard input stream. It is similar to the Unix \ **tail**\ 
command, but works on Windows.

Parameters
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There are no positional parameters.

The standard input can be overridden using the options in :ref:`cli-input-options`.

Additional command-line options are as follows.


- nohead
 
 The file has no headers.
 


- lines
 
 The number of data lines to display. If there is a header line, it is not counted in this number. The default is \ ``10``\ .