Tail.java Source code

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import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;

class Tail {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(args[0], "r");
        long count = 10;
        long position = raf.length();
        position -= count;
        if (position < 0)
            position = 0;
        raf.seek(position);
        while (true) {
            try {
                byte b = raf.readByte();
                System.out.print((char) b);
            } catch (EOFException eofe) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}