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var common = require('./common');
var fs = require('fs');
//@
//@ ### tail([{'-n', \<num\>},] file [, file ...])
//@ ### tail([{'-n', \<num\>},] file_array)
//@
//@ Examples:
//@
//@ ```javascript
//@ var str = tail({'-n', 1}, 'file*.txt');
//@ var str = tail('file1', 'file2');
//@ var str = tail(['file1', 'file2']); // same as above
//@ ```
//@
//@ Output the last 10 lines of a file (or the last `<num>` if `-n` is
//@ specified)
function _tail(options, files) {
options = common.parseOptions(options, {
'n': 'numLines'
});
var tail = [];
var pipe = common.readFromPipe(this);
if (!files && !pipe)
common.error('no paths given');
var idx = 1;
if (options.numLines === true) {
idx = 2;
options.numLines = Number(arguments[1]);
} else if (options.numLines === false) {
options.numLines = 10;
}
options.numLines = -1 * Math.abs(options.numLines);
files = [].slice.call(arguments, idx);
if (pipe)
files.unshift('-');
var shouldAppendNewline = false;
files.forEach(function(file) {
if (!fs.existsSync(file) && file !== '-') {
common.error('no such file or directory: ' + file, true);
return;
}
var contents = file === '-' ? pipe : fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
var lines = contents.split('\n');
if (lines[lines.length-1] === '') {
lines.pop();
shouldAppendNewline = true;
} else {
shouldAppendNewline = false;
}
tail = tail.concat(lines.slice(options.numLines));
});
if (shouldAppendNewline)
tail.push(''); // to add a trailing newline once we join
return new common.ShellString(tail.join('\n'), common.state.error, common.state.errorCode);
}
module.exports = _tail;