E.18 TailFilter

Similar to Section E.4, “HeadFilter”, this filter reads the last n lines of a file; the others are not further passed through the filter chain. Usage example:

<filterchain>
  <tailfilter lines="20" />
</filterchain>

Table E.14:  Attributes for the <tailfilter> tag

NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired
linesIntegerNumber of lines from the back to read.10No
skipIntegerNumber of lines to be skipped (from the end).0No