Print the last line of a file, from the CLI

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yael picture yael · Jun 20, 2010 · Viewed 84k times · Source

How to print just the last line of a file?

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Joey picture Joey · Jun 20, 2010 
$ cat file | awk 'END{print}'

Originally answered by Ventero

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