Similar to head, the tail command will display the last ten lines of a file. [feedback]
paul@debian7~$ tail /etc/services
vboxd 20012/udp
binkp 24554/tcp # binkp fidonet protocol
asp 27374/tcp # Address Search Protocol
asp 27374/udp
csync2 30865/tcp # cluster synchronization tool
dircproxy 57000/tcp # Detachable IRC Proxy
tfido 60177/tcp # fidonet EMSI over telnet
fido 60179/tcp # fidonet EMSI over TCP
# Local services
paul@debian7~$
You can give tail the number of lines you want to see. [feedback]
paul@debian7~$ tail -3 /etc/services
fido 60179/tcp # fidonet EMSI over TCP
# Local services
paul@debian7~$
The tail command has other useful options, some of which we will use during this course. [feedback]