Question : how to simulate tail in dos/cmd without tail
Answered by : plamen-grozdanov
REM tail.bat
REM
REM Usage: tail.bat <file> <number-of-lines>
REM
REM Examples: tail.bat myfile.txt 10
REM tail.bat "C:\My File\With\Spaces.txt" 10
@ECHO OFF
for /f "tokens=2-3 delims=:" %%f in ('find /c /v "" %1') do ( for %%F in (%%f %%g) do set nbLines=%%F )
set /a nbSkippedLines=%nbLines%-%2
for /f "usebackq skip=%nbSkippedLines% delims=" %%d in (%1) do echo %%dSource : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/187587/a-windows-equivalent-of-the-unix-tail-command | Last Update : Wed, 14 Apr 21