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tailFile

Requires a Node.js runtime ('qsu/node')

Returns the last line of the specified text file path. The length argument is the total number of lines to print. Default is 1. The last line of newline characters is ignored.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDefault
filePathstring
File or directory path
lengthnamednumber1
Number of lines of text to return

named parameters are passed as named parameters in Dart and keyword arguments in Python.

Returns

Promise::string|null

Examples

javascript
await tailFile('/home/targets/hello.md', 2); // 'Good bye\n--- Hello End ---'
dart
await tailFile('/home/targets/hello.md', length: 2); // 'Good bye\n--- Hello End ---'
python
tailFile('/home/targets/hello.md', 2) # 'Good bye\n--- Hello End ---'

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