Shell:tac, Shell:tail – Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases User Manual
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Examples
shell:source --input-file hello.fik
Load the
hello.fik
file, executing the script it contains.
shell:source --input-scp user:pass@host:setup.fik
Run setup.fik from an
scp
source, then execute it.
shell:source --input-share domain/user@host/share_name/setup.fik
Run setup.fik from CIFS/Windows share named share_name.
shell:source --input-url http://somehost/setup.fik
Run setup.fik from the given URL.
shell:tac
Concatenates input to a string and returns the result. This command can also send output to a
file.
Syntax
shell:tac [options]
Options
--no-return
or
–n
Don’t return the input string.
--file
or
–f
<file>
Store input to a file.
--binary
Store the stream contents directly to a file; do not perform any text
translation. This option must be used in conjunction with
--file
.
shell:tail
Displays the last lines of a file.
Syntax
shell:tail [options] path
or
URL
Options
--n
<integer>
The number of lines to display, starting at 1.
--f
Follow file changes
--s
<long integer>
Sleep interval (used for the
--follow
option)
(See
help –-all
for details on all other options.)
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