how to simulate tail in dos/cmd without tail

To simulate the functionality of the tail command in DOS/CMD without using the actual tail command, you can use a combination of other commands. Here's how you can do it:

1. Open the Command Prompt.

2. Use the type command to display the contents of the file you want to simulate the tail command for. For example, if you want to simulate tail for a file named "example.txt", you would use the following command: type example.txt This will display the entire contents of the file in the Command Prompt window.

3. To simulate the behavior of tail, you can use the more command in combination with the findstr command. The more command displays the output one page at a time, and the findstr command can be used to filter the output to display only the last few lines. Here's an example: type example.txt | more | findstr /r /c:"$" This command will display the last few lines of the file, similar to the behavior of the tail command.

That's it! You have now simulated the functionality of the tail command in DOS/CMD without actually using the tail command itself.

Please note that the tail command is not available in DOS/CMD by default, so this is a workaround to achieve similar functionality.