command-definition.tail.xml Maven / Gradle / Ivy
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<command-def xmlns="http://www.unix4j.org/command-def"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.unix4j.org/command-def command-def.xsd">
<command name="tail" class="org.unix4j.unix.Tail" package="org.unix4j.unix.tail"/>
<name>
tail - display the last part of a file
</name>
<synopsis>
ORIGINAL: tail [-n number][file...]
CURRENT: tail [-cqs][file ...]
</synopsis>
<description ref="tail.html"/>
<notes/>
<methods>
<method args="" usesStandardInput="true">
Reads the last 10 lines from the standard input and writes them to
the standard output.
</method>
<method args="args" usesStandardInput="false">
Reads the last n lines from each of the files specified and writes
them to the standard output. If more than a single file is
specified, each file is preceded by a header consisting of the
string {@code "==> XXX <=="} where {@code "XXX"} is the name
of the file.
Options can be specified by acronym (with a leading dash "-") or by
long name (with two leading dashes "--"). Operands other than the
default "--paths" operand have to be prefixed with the operand
name.
</method>
<method args="count" usesStandardInput="true">
Reads the last {@code count} lines from the standard input and
writes them to the standard output.
</method>
<method args="options,count" usesStandardInput="true">
Reads the last {@code count} lines or characters from the standard
input and writes them to the standard output.
</method>
<method args="files" usesStandardInput="false">
Reads the last 10 lines from each of the specified files and writes
them to the standard output. If more than a single file is
specified, each file is preceded by a header consisting of the
string {@code "==> XXX <=="} where {@code "XXX"} is the name
of the file.
</method>
<method args="count,files" usesStandardInput="false">
Reads the last {@code count} lines from each of the specified files
and writes them to the standard output. If more than a single file
is specified, each file is preceded by a header consisting of the
string {@code "==> XXX <=="} where {@code "XXX"} is the name
of the file.
</method>
<method args="count,paths" usesStandardInput="false">
Reads the last {@code count} lines from each of the specified files
and writes them to the standard output. If more than a single file
is specified, each file is preceded by a header consisting of the
string {@code "==> XXX <=="} where {@code "XXX"} is the name
of the file.
</method>
<method args="options,count,files" usesStandardInput="false">
Reads the last {@code count} lines or characters from each of the
specified files and writes them to the standard output. If more than
a single file is specified and the {@code -q} option is not
specified, each file is preceded by a header consisting of the
string {@code "==> XXX <=="} where {@code "XXX"} is the name
of the file.
</method>
<method args="options,count,paths" usesStandardInput="false">
Reads the last {@code count} lines or characters from each of the
specified files and writes them to the standard output. If more than
a single file is specified and the {@code -q} option is not
specified, each file is preceded by a header consisting of the
string {@code "==> XXX <=="} where {@code "XXX"} is the name
of the file.
</method>
</methods>
<options>
<option name="chars" acronym="c">
The {@code count} argument is in units of characters instead of
lines. Starts from 1 and includes line ending characters.
</option>
<option name="suppressHeaders" acronym="q">
Suppresses printing of headers when multiple files are being
examined.
</option>
<option name="countFromStart" acronym="s">
The {@code count} argument is relative to the beginning of the file
instead of counting from the end of the file. For instance,
{@code tail -s 10} prints the lines starting from line 10;
{@code tail -s 1} prints the whole file.
</option>
</options>
<operands default="paths">
<operand name="count" type="long">
The last {@code count} lines of each input file are
copied to standard output, starting from 1 (characters instead of
lines if the {@code -c} option is specified, and offset from start
instead of end with {@code -s} option). Must be a non-negative
integer or an exception is thrown. If {@code count} is greater than
the number number of lines (characters) in the input, the
application will not error and send the whole file to the output.
</operand>
<operand name="paths" type="String...">
Pathnames of the input files to be filtered; wildcards * and ? are
supported; relative paths are resolved on the basis of the current
working directory.
</operand>
<operand name="files" type="java.io.File...">
The input files to be filtered; relative paths are not resolved (use
the string paths argument to enable relative path resolving based on
the current working directory).
</operand>
<operand name="args" type="String...">
String arguments defining the options and operands for the command.
Options can be specified by acronym (with a leading dash "-") or by
long name (with two leading dashes "--"). Operands other than the
default "--paths" operand have to be prefixed with the operand
name (e.g. "--count" for a subsequent count operand value).
</operand>
<operand name="options" type="TailOptions">
Options for the tail command.
</operand>
</operands>
</command-def>