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Tail

To "tail" a file...

Get-Content .\myfile.txt -Tail 100

To do the equivalent of a "tail -f" to view more lines as they are added...

Get-Content .\myfile.txt -Tail 100 -Wait

Older versions of Powershell may need this instead...

Get-Content myfile.txt | Select-Object -last 100

Windows vs Linux

UNIX-Windows-Cribsheet

Bibliography

https://www.middlewareinventory.com/blog/powershell-tail-file-windows-tail-command/https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1295068/windows-equivalent-of-the-tail-commandhttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/4426442/unix-tail-equivalent-command-in-windows-powershell

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