How to get the last line from a file using just the terminal?



How to get the last line from a file using just the terminal?..

Answer / Dipti Tiwari

To get the last line of a file using only the terminal, use the `tail` command with the number of lines argument set to 1: `tail -n 1 <filename>`.

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